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revisions.txt: remove ambibuity between <rev>:<path> and :<path>

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The revision ':README' is mentioned as an example for '<rev>:<path>'
but the explanation forwards to the ':<n>:<path>' syntax. At the same
time ':<n>:<path>' did not mark the '<n>:' as optional.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Andreas Heiduk 2019-05-05 12:07:10 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -195,19 +195,16 @@ existing tag object.
Depending on the given text, the shell's word splitting rules might
require additional quoting.
'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', ':README', 'master:./README'::
'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', 'master:./README'::
A suffix ':' followed by a path names the blob or tree
at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
before the colon.
':path' (with an empty part before the colon)
is a special case of the syntax described next: content
recorded in the index at the given path.
A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to the current working directory.
The given path will be converted to be relative to the working tree's root directory.
This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has
the same tree structure as the working tree.
':<n>:<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
':[<n>:]<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the
index at the given path. A missing stage number (and the colon