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406 git-check-ref-format(1) Manual Page
407 </h1>
410 <p>git-check-ref-format -
411 Ensures that a reference name is well formed
412 </p>
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422 </div></div>
423 </div>
426 <div class="paragraph"><p>Checks if a given <em>refname</em> is acceptable, and exits with a non-zero
427 status if it is not.</p></div>
432 git imposes the following rules on how references are named:</p></div>
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437 grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a
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445 restricted.
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455 They cannot have ASCII control characters (i.e. bytes whose
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483 reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used
484 unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain
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503 value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations.
504 It may also be used to select a specific object such as with
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514 <div class="paragraph"><p>With the <tt>--print</tt> option, if <em>refname</em> is acceptable, it prints the
515 canonicalized name of a hypothetical reference with that name. That is,
517 <div class="paragraph"><p>With the <tt>--branch</tt> option, it expands the “previous branch syntax”
519 were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this
520 syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you
521 typed the branch name.</p></div>
522 </div>
526 <li>
527 <p>
528 Print the name of the previous branch:
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533 </div></div>
534 </li>
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537 Determine the reference name to use for a new branch:
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