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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-01-25 22:25:20 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-01-25 22:25:20 -0800 |
| commit | 7a0d911f116e437628035d7b07035dbff707a172 (patch) | |
| tree | eb8f48f25c35579370fd54d9b3594f45b8478920 /Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | |
| parent | 5c415311f743ccb11a50f350ff1c385778f049d6 (diff) | |
| download | git-7a0d911f116e437628035d7b07035dbff707a172.tar.gz | |
Documentation: simplify refspec format description
The refspec format description was a mix of regexp and BNF, making it
very difficult to read. The format was also wrong: it did not show
that each part of a refspec is optional in different situations.
Rather than having a confusing grammar, just present the format in
informal prose.
Signed-off-by: Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index ebdd948cd2..f9811f2473 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below). <refspec>:: - The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is - `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `{plus}`, followed - by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by - the destination ref. + The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus + `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed + by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. + The remote ref that matches <src> is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>. -Again, if the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref +If the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward update. + |