Documentation: rev-parse: add a few "--verify" and "--default" examples Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index b6b2fe9..69599ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -378,6 +378,31 @@ eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git-rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` ------------ +EXAMPLES +-------- + +* Print the object name of the current commit: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --verify HEAD +------------ + +* Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell variable: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --verify $REV +------------ ++ +This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision. + +* Same as above: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV +------------ ++ +but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed. + Author ------