Add definition of <commit-ish> to the main git man page.

[git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c0fa0d4b17c3b430e18bbe7adce2147ff22344ca..e514588bd3478b00dbe24de590781948f3da82c6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ Identifier Terminology
        operate on a <tree> object but automatically dereferences
        <commit> and <tag> objects that point at a <tree>.
 
+<commit-ish>::
+       Indicates a commit or tag object name.  A
+       command that takes a <commit-ish> argument ultimately wants to
+       operate on a <commit> object but automatically dereferences
+       <tag> objects that point at a <commit>.
+
 <type>::
        Indicates that an object type is required.
        Currently one of: `blob`, `tree`, `commit`, or `tag`.