[PATCH] git-tag(1): Refer to git-check-ref-format(1) for <name>
From: Jari Aalto <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:08
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Explain briefly what characters are prohibited in tag <name> and point to git-check-ref-format(1) manual page for more information. --- Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index fa73321..1118ce2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/` + +Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`. The tag <name> must pass +linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1] which basicly means that control characters, +space, ~, ^, :, ?, *, [ and \ are prohibited. Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in `.git/refs/tags/` directory.
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