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@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ when you run 'git-merge'.
* The special construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out
before the current one.
+* The suffix '@{upstream}' to a ref (short form 'ref@{u}') refers to
+ the branch the ref is set to build on top of. Missing ref defaults
+ to the current branch.
+
* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
that commit object. '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
'rev{caret}'