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[PATCH 4/6] user-manual: fix missing colon in git-show example

From
JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Date
Mar 11, 2007, 04:35 UTC
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From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
There should be a colon in this git-show example.
Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index f4ea967..1e151b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ modifying the working directory, you can do that with
 gitlink:git-show[1]:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$ git show HEAD^ path/to/file
+$ git show HEAD^:path/to/file
 -------------------------------------------------
 
 which will display the given version of the file.
-- 
1.5.0.gb75812-dirty
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Message 18 of 27 in “Documentation (mostly user manual) patches”
  1. J. Bruce FieldsMar 4, 2007
  2. Documentation: mention module option to git-cvsimportJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  3. user-manual: reset to ORIG_HEAD not HEAD to undo mergeJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  4. user-manual: ensure generated manual references stylesheetJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  5. user-manual: insert earlier of mention content-addressable architectureJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  6. user-manual: how to replace commits older than most recentJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  7. user-manual: more detailed merge discussionJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  8. glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objectsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  9. Yasushi SHOJIMar 5, 2007
  10. Robert PluimMar 16, 2007
  11. J. Bruce FieldsMar 16, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2007
  13. J. Bruce FieldsMar 5, 2007
  14. J. Bruce FieldsMar 11, 2007
  15. 1/6 glossary: fix overoptimistic automatic linking of defined termsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  16. 2/6 user-manual: fix inconsistent exampleJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  17. 3/6 user-manual: fix inconsistent use of pull and mergeJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  18. 4/6 user-manual: fix missing colon in git-show exampleJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  19. 5/6 user-manual: fix rendering of history diagramsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  20. 6/6 user-manual: install user manual stylesheet with other web documentsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  21. J. Bruce FieldsMar 11, 2007
  22. Ramsay JonesMar 13, 2007
  23. J. Bruce FieldsMar 14, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2007
  25. Ramsay JonesMar 7, 2007
  26. J. Bruce FieldsMar 16, 2007
  27. J. Bruce FieldsMar 16, 2007

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