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Elaborate on why ':' is a bad idea in a ref name.

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With the new cat-file syntax of 'v1.3.3:refs.c' we should mention
it as part of the reason why ':' is not permitted in a ref name.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
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@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely:
. colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s . colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s
value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations.
It may also be used to select a specific object such as with
gitlink:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c".
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