[PATCH 2/4] Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch

From

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Date

Oct 12, 2009, 05:28 UTC

Message-ID

<20091012052823.GC11106@progeny.tock>

In-Reply-To

<20091012052536.GA11106@progeny.tock>

The --branch argument is not optional.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 0b7982e..e9b3b40 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git check-ref-format' <refname>
-'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand>
+'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]):
 
 . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.
 
-With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and
-prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to.
+With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax''
+`@{-n}`.  For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you
+were on.  This option should be used by porcelains to accept this
+syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you
+typed the branch name.
 
 EXAMPLE
 -------

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