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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-11-25 04:29:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-11-25 04:29:42 +0100 |
| commit | 5f380e40177d21e27e248f1ecfc72a3adb71accf (patch) | |
| tree | d60805a8069bf60d7aae20139ae489d114a013a2 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'js/doc-platform-support-link-fix' into maint-2.47 (diff) | |
| parent | doc: clarify <src> in refspec syntax (diff) | |
| download | git-5f380e40177d21e27e248f1ecfc72a3adb71accf.tar.xz git-5f380e40177d21e27e248f1ecfc72a3adb71accf.zip | |
Merge branch 'jc/doc-refspec-syntax' into maint-2.47
Doc updates.
* jc/doc-refspec-syntax:
doc: clarify <src> in refspec syntax
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index c718f7946f..d79d2f6065 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ endif::git-pull[] + The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus `+`, followed by the source <src>, followed -by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. +by a colon `:`, followed by the destination <dst>. The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty. <src> is -typically a ref, but it can also be a fully spelled hex object +typically a ref, or a glob pattern with a single `*` that is used +to match a set of refs, but it can also be a fully spelled hex object name. + A <refspec> may contain a `*` in its <src> to indicate a simple pattern match. Such a refspec functions like a glob that matches any ref with the -same prefix. A pattern <refspec> must have a `*` in both the <src> and +pattern. A pattern <refspec> must have one and only one `*` in both the <src> and <dst>. It will map refs to the destination by replacing the `*` with the contents matched from the source. + |