In AsciiDoc `{foo}` is an attribute, if one doesn't want the attribute replaced the left curly brace symbol has to be escaped. For some reason asciidoc.py skips the whole line otherwise: --- a/gitrevisions.7 +++ b/gitrevisions.7 @@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ SPECIFYING REVISIONS [<branchname>]@{upstream}, e.g. master@{upstream}, @{u} A branch B may be set up to build on top of a branch X (configured - with branch.<name>.merge) at a remote R (configured with the branch - X taken from remote R, typically found at refs/remotes/R/X. + with branch.<name>.merge) at a remote R (configured with + branch.<name>.remote). B@{u} refers to the remote-tracking branch + for the branch X taken from remote R, typically found at + refs/remotes/R/X. [<branchname>]@{push}, e.g. master@{push}, @{push} The suffix @{push} reports the branch "where we would push to" if Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 9aa58052bc..af764de153 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. '[<branchname>]@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}':: A branch B may be set up to build on top of a branch X (configured with `branch.<name>.merge`) at a remote R (configured with - `branch.<name>.remote`). B@{u} refers to the remote-tracking branch for + `branch.<name>.remote`). B@\{u} refers to the remote-tracking branch for the branch X taken from remote R, typically found at `refs/remotes/R/X`. '[<branchname>]@\{push\}', e.g. 'master@\{push\}', '@\{push\}':: -- 2.40.0+fc1