;tree&gt; object but automatically dereferences
&lt;commit&gt; and &lt;tag&gt; objects that point at a &lt;tree&gt;.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">&lt;commit-ish&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Indicates a commit or tag object name.  A
command that takes a &lt;commit-ish&gt; argument ultimately wants to
operate on a &lt;commit&gt; object but automatically dereferences
&lt;tag&gt; objects that point at a &lt;commit&gt;.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">&lt;type&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Indicates that an object type is required.
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