[PATCHv2] git-replace.txt: Clarify list mode
From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:51:55
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Clarify that in list mode, "git replace" outputs the shortened ref names, not their values. Also, point to the difficult to find git show-ref $(git replace -l). Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <redacted> --- Documentation/git-replace.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index 17df525..cd00837 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ OPTIONS all if no pattern is given). Typing "git replace" without arguments, also lists all replace refs. ++ +Note that this lists the names of the replace refs, not their values +(not their replacements). You can get the latter like this, e.g.: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git show-ref $(git replace -l) +------------------------------------------------ BUGS ----
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ replaced by a commit). SEE ALSO -------- +linkgit:git-show-ref[1] linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-branch[1] linkgit:git[1]
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