die is not a standard shell function. Use a different shell code for the example. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 91a3622..8611a99 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ $ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1} * Determine the reference name to use for a new branch: + ------------ -$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --normalize "refs/heads/$newbranch") || -die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." +$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --normalize "refs/heads/$newbranch")|| +{ echo "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." >&2 ; exit 1 ; } ------------ GIT -- 2.10.0.645.gc4ba6eb