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diff --git a/git-check-ref-format.txt b/git-check-ref-format.txt index e9b3b40..0aeef24 100644 --- a/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ -------- [verse] 'git check-ref-format' <refname> +'git check-ref-format' --print <refname> 'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand> DESCRIPTION @@ -63,19 +64,31 @@ . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. +With the `--print` option, if 'refname' is acceptable, it prints the +canonicalized name of a hypothetical reference with that name. That is, +it prints 'refname' with any extra `/` characters removed. + 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 -------- +EXAMPLES +-------- -git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}:: +* Print the name of the previous branch: ++ +------------ +$ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1} +------------ -Print the name of the previous branch. - +* Determine the reference name to use for a new branch: ++ +------------ +$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --print "refs/heads/$newbranch") || +die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." +------------ GIT --- 