Documentation: remove stray backslashes in rev-parse manual
Use the {asterisk} entity instead of \* or * to avoid both stray backslashes in output and suppression of asterisks misinterpreted as a bold-text delimiter. Reported-by: Frédéric Brière <fbriere@fbriere.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS
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properly quoted for consumption by shell. Useful when
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you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and
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newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with
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- 'git diff-\*'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
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+ 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
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the command input is still interpreted as usual.
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@@ -112,14 +112,15 @@ OPTIONS
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If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
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shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
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-`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`.
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+`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by
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+appending `/{asterisk}`.
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--glob=pattern::
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Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
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the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
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prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing
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- character (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
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- match by appending `/\*`.
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+ character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
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+ match by appending `/{asterisk}`.
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--show-toplevel::
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Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.