Merge branch 'nk/ref-doc' into maint

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt

index 3c7a832343ea983f7122c5d33429a4129fdba70a..0172cd70149914897862fbf0f3f221c7ef31ea5c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -523,16 +523,15 @@ Any git command accepting any <object> can also use the following
  symbolic notation:
  
  HEAD::
-       indicates the head of the current branch (i.e. the
-       contents of `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`).
+       indicates the head of the current branch.
  
  <tag>::
         a valid tag 'name'
-       (i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<tag>`).
+       (i.e. a `refs/tags/<tag>` reference).
  
  <head>::
         a valid head 'name'
-       (i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`).
+       (i.e. a `refs/heads/<head>` reference).
  
  For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
  "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].