There are some places that literally require a full, 40-character SHA-1 ID, rather than a generic revision specifier. Introduce in git(1) the <sha1> terminology to mean this. Use <sha1> in git-diff-tree(1) to note that --stdin only takes <sha1>'s, not generic <tree>'s or <commit>'s. Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato <lodatom@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt | 4 ++-- Documentation/git.txt | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index a7e37b8..5d0310b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --stdin:: When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take <tree-ish> arguments from the command line. Instead, it - reads lines containing either two <tree>, one <commit>, or a - list of <commit> from its standard input. (Use a single space + reads lines containing <sha1>'s: either two trees, one commit, or + multiple commits from its standard input. (Use a single space as separator.) + When two trees are given, it compares the first tree with the second. diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 35c0c79..a635281 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -412,6 +412,11 @@ list. Identifier Terminology ---------------------- +<sha1>:: + Indicates a full, 40-character SHA-1 identifier of an object. + The type of the referenced object is unspecified. + Abbreviated or symbolic identifiers cannot be used. + <object>:: Indicates the object name for any type of object. -- 1.7.0.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html