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revisions.txt: use description list for special refs
The special refs listed in 'gitrevisions' (under the '<refname>' entry) are on separate lines in the Asciidoc source, but end up as a single continuous paragraph in the rendered documentation (see e.g. [1]). In following commits we will mention additional special refs, so to improve legibility, use a description list such that every entry appears on its own line. Since we are already in a description list, use ':::' as the term delimiter. In order for the new description list to be aligned with the description under the '<refname>' entry, instead of being aligned with the last entry of the "in the following rules" nested list, use the "ancestor list continuation" syntax [2], i.e., leave an empty line before the continuation '+'. Do the same for the paragraph following the new description list ("Note that any..."). While at it, also use a continuation '+' before the "in the following rules" list, for correctness. The parser seems not to care here, but it's best to keep the sources correct. [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrevisions#Documentation/gitrevisions.txt-emltrefnamegtemegemmasterememheadsmasterememrefsheadsmasterem [2] https://docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoc/latest/lists/continuation/#ancestor-list-continuation Suggested-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com> Based-on-patch-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell Git which one you mean.
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When ambiguous, a '<refname>' is disambiguated by taking the
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first match in the following rules:
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. If '$GIT_DIR/<refname>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually
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useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD`, `MERGE_HEAD`
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and `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`);
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. otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>' if it exists;
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. otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>/HEAD' if it exists.
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`HEAD` names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree.
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`FETCH_HEAD` records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository
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with your last `git fetch` invocation.
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`ORIG_HEAD` is created by commands that move your `HEAD` in a drastic
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way (`git am`, `git merge`, `git rebase`, `git reset`),
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to record the position of the `HEAD` before their operation, so that
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you can easily change the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran
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them.
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`MERGE_HEAD` records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch
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when you run `git merge`.
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`CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` records the commit which you are cherry-picking
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when you run `git cherry-pick`.
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`HEAD`:::
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names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree.
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`FETCH_HEAD`:::
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records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository with
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your last `git fetch` invocation.
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`ORIG_HEAD`:::
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is created by commands that move your `HEAD` in a drastic way (`git
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am`, `git merge`, `git rebase`, `git reset`), to record the position
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of the `HEAD` before their operation, so that you can easily change
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the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran them.
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`MERGE_HEAD`:::
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records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch when you
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run `git merge`.
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`CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`:::
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records the commit which you are cherry-picking when you run `git
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cherry-pick`.
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Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from
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the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
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