Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-06-15
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[PATCH] Update git-cat-file documentation

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:51
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <redacted> - unquoted

Update git-cat-file documentation with references for different
ways of specifying <objects>

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-cat-file.txt |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 7e90ce9..075c0d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ or '-s' is used to find the object size.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <object>::
-	The sha1 identifier of the object.
+	The name of the object to show.
+	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 -t::
 	Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
-- 
1.5.0.rc2.75.gdbaa0-dirty
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