[PATCHv2] git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier
The empty treeish in ":path" means "index". Document this.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
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Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 8db600f..f964de4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -290,8 +290,9 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
followed by something else than '!' is reserved for now.
* A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree
- at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
- before the colon.
+ at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the ref
+ before the colon. An empty ref before ':' denotes the content
+ recorded in the index at the given path.
* A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>