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git-check-ref-format(1) |
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git-check-ref-format - Make sure ref name is well formed |
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SYNOPSIS |
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'git-check-ref-format' <refname> |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Checks if a given 'refname' is acceptable, and exits non-zero if |
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it is not. |
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A reference is used in git to specify branches and tags. A |
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branch head is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` directory, and |
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a tag is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory. git |
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imposes the following rules on how refs are named: |
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. It can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory) |
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grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a |
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dot `.`; |
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. It cannot have two consecutive dots `..` anywhere; |
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. It cannot have ASCII control character (i.e. bytes whose |
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values are lower than \040, or \177 `DEL`), space, tilde `~`, |
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caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`, |
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or open bracket `[` anywhere; |
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. It cannot end with a slash `/`. |
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These rules makes it easy for shell script based tools to parse |
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refnames, pathname expansion by the shell when a refname is used |
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unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain |
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refname expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: |
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. double-dot `..` are often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some |
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context this notation means `{caret}ref1 ref2` (i.e. not in |
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ref1 and in ref2). |
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. tilde `~` and caret `{caret}` are used to introduce postfix |
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'nth parent' and 'peel onion' operation. |
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. colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s |
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value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. |
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It may also be used to select a specific object such as with |
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linkgit:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". |
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GIT |
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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