Asciidoctor renders 'git cat-file' with the single quotes. It's somehow tricked by the single quote in "srcref\'s" earler in the paragraph. If we drop the backslash, we'll regress with AsciiDoc. Let's just rewrite things a bit to avoid "srcref's" entirely. Add backticks for monospacing around these refs and command invocations while at it. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index ee6a4144fb..71d53ffb60 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]): . A tilde `~` and caret `^` are used to introduce the postfix 'nth parent' and 'peel onion' operation. -. A colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s - value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. +. A colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use the value + of `srcref` and store it in `dstref`" in fetch and push operations. It may also be used to select a specific object such as with - 'git cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". + 'git cat-file': `git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c`. . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. -- 2.31.1.751.gd2f1c929bd