n path will be converted to be relative to the working tree&#8217;s root directory.
This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has
the same tree structure as the working tree.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><em>:[&lt;n&gt;:]&lt;path&gt;</em>, e.g. <em>:0:README</em>, <em>:README</em></dt>
<dd>
<p>A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the
index at the given path. A missing stage number (and the colon
that f