Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > > "git check-ref-format --branch $name" feature was originally > introduced (and was advertised) as a way for scripts to take any > end-user supplied string (like "master", "@{-1}" etc.) and see if it > is usable when Git expects to see a branch name, and also obtain the > concrete branch name that the at-mark magic expands to. > > Emphasize that "see if it is usable" role in the description and > clarify that the @{...} expansion only occurs when run from within a > repository. > > [jn: split out from a larger patch] > > Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- Missing sign-off, unlike the other two, intended? I'll take these three to replace what I tentatively queued, not necessarily because I like the change in 1/3 better, but because these are explained much better; besides I prefer a version that at least two people deeply looked at. Thanks.