git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier
The empty treeish in ":path" means "index". This is actually a special case of the ":stage:path" syntax where it is documented, but mentioning it also together with "treeish:path" is helpful, so do it. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
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* A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree
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at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
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- before the colon.
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+ before the colon. ":path" (with an empty part before the colon)
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+ is a special case of the syntax described next: content
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+ recorded in the index at the given path.
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* A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
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colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the