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Documentation: @{-N} can refer to a commit

The @{-N} syntax always referred to the N-th last thing checked out,
which can be either a branch or a commit (for detached HEAD cases).
However, the documentation only mentioned branches.

Edit in a "/commit" in the appropriate places.

Reported-by: Kevin <ikke@ikke.info>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Thomas Rast 11 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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  1. 4
      Documentation/git-checkout.txt
  2. 2
      Documentation/revisions.txt

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Documentation/git-checkout.txt

@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. @@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on
any branch (see below for details).
+
As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify
As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit
checks out branches (instead of detaching). You may also specify
`-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`.
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As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the

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Documentation/revisions.txt

@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8.
branch 'blabla' then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'.

'@\{-<n>\}', e.g. '@\{-1\}'::
The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out
The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch/commit checked out
before the current one.

'<branchname>@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}'::

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