Documentation: @{-N} can refer to a commit
The @{-N} syntax always referred to the N-th last thing checked out, which can be either a branch or a commit (for detached HEAD cases). However, the documentation only mentioned branches. Edit in a "/commit" in the appropriate places. Reported-by: Kevin <ikke@ikke.info> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
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commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on
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any branch (see below for details).
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-As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
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-checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify
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+As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit
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+checks out branches (instead of detaching). You may also specify
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`-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`.
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As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
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branch 'blabla' then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'.
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'@\{-<n>\}', e.g. '@\{-1\}'::
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- The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out
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+ The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch/commit checked out
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before the current one.
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'<branchname>@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}'::