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Make <refname> documentation more consistent.

Formerly, the documentation for <refname> would occasionally say
<name> instead of <refname>. Now it uniformly uses <refname>.

Signed-off-by: Max Horn <max@quendi.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Max Horn 13 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/revisions.txt

@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
object referenced by 'refs/heads/master'. If you object referenced by 'refs/heads/master'. If you
happen to have both 'heads/master' and 'tags/master', you can happen to have both 'heads/master' and 'tags/master', you can
explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean. explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
When ambiguous, a '<name>' is disambiguated by taking the When ambiguous, a '<refname>' is disambiguated by taking the
first match in the following rules: first match in the following rules:


. If '$GIT_DIR/<name>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually . If '$GIT_DIR/<refname>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually
useful only for 'HEAD', 'FETCH_HEAD', 'ORIG_HEAD', 'MERGE_HEAD' useful only for 'HEAD', 'FETCH_HEAD', 'ORIG_HEAD', 'MERGE_HEAD'
and 'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD'); and 'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD');


. otherwise, 'refs/<name>' if it exists; . otherwise, 'refs/<refname>' if it exists;


. otherwise, 'refs/tags/<refname>' if it exists; . otherwise, 'refs/tags/<refname>' if it exists;


. otherwise, 'refs/heads/<name>' if it exists; . otherwise, 'refs/heads/<refname>' if it exists;


. otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<name>' if it exists; . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>' if it exists;


. otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD' if it exists. . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>/HEAD' if it exists.
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'HEAD' names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree. 'HEAD' names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree.
'FETCH_HEAD' records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository 'FETCH_HEAD' records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository

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