tilde ~ and caret ^ are used to introduce postfix \fInth parent\fR and \fIpeel onion\fR operation\&.
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-colon : is used as in srcref:dstref to mean "use srcref's value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations\&.
+colon : is used as in srcref:dstref to mean "use srcref's value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations\&. It may also be used to select a specific object such as with \fBgit\-cat\-file\fR(1) "git\-cat\-file blob v1\&.3\&.3:refs\&.c"\&.
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.SH "GIT"