Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@xxxxxxxxx>
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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 3ccef2f..7a081b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ when you run 'git-merge'.
enclosed in a brace
pair (e.g. '\{yesterday\}', '\{1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1
second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value
- of the ref at a prior point in time. This suffix may only be
+ of the ref at a prior point in time. At shell prompt, enclose the
+ value in quotes due to embedded spaces. Alternatively the spaces can
+ be substituted with dots like in '\{1.hour.ago}\'. This suffix may only be
used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state
of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local
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