[PATCHv3] git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier

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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 <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
How about this? Short description at "rev:path" but still pointing
to ":stage:path".

 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 8db600f..d525e57 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
-- 
1.7.1.621.g01d76

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