[PATCH] Reference git-check-ref-format in git-branch.
- From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
- Date
- May 21, 2006, 01:54 UTC
- Message-ID
- <20060521015446.GA7605@spearce.org>
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>
--- Sorry about this patch being built on pu. It clearly has no relationship to current pu, but the new -l appears in the hunk below...
1e2080dcf2f8e76e0fcf48684e5c6b182f695e0a Documentation/git-branch.txt | 3 +++ Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
1e2080dcf2f8e76e0fcf48684e5c6b182f695e0a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index a7bec3c..d43ef1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ 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 diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 0643943..fbdbadc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -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. -l:: Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of
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