From: Michael J Gruber Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:15:22 +0000 (+0200) Subject: git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier X-Git-Tag: v1.7.2-rc1~3^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3f3abe3c5aa94a37bb57365262a9ad451c422e36;p=git.git git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier The empty treeish in ":path" means "index". This is actually a special case of the ":stage:path" syntax where it is documented, but mentioning it also together with "treeish:path" is helpful, so do it. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 8db600f6b..d525e577b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. * A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part - before the colon. + before the colon. ":path" (with an empty part before the colon) + is a special case of the syntax described next: content + recorded in the index at the given path. * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the