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git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier

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The empty treeish in ":path" means "index". This is actually a special
case of the ":stage:path" syntax where it is documented, but mentioning
it also together with "treeish:path" is helpful, so do it.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Michael J Gruber 2010-06-27 15:15:22 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
* A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree
at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
before the colon.
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 colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the