[PATCH] Reference git-check-ref-format in git-branch.
From: Shawn Pearce <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:26
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
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 <redacted> --- 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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