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Reference git-check-ref-format in git-branch.

Its nice to have git-check-ref-format actually get mentioned in
git-branch's documentation as the syntax of a ref name must conform
to what is described in git-check-ref-format.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Shawn Pearce 19 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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      Documentation/git-branch.txt
  2. 5
      Documentation/git-checkout.txt

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Documentation/git-branch.txt

@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ OPTIONS @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ OPTIONS

<branchname>::
The name of the branch to create or delete.
The new branch name must pass all checks defined by
gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.

<start-point>::
The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this. It may

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Documentation/git-checkout.txt

@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ OPTIONS @@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ OPTIONS
Force a re-read of everything.

-b::
Create a new branch and start it at <branch>.
Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
<branch>. The new branch name must pass all checks defined
by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.

-m::
If you have local modifications to one or more files that

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