docs/pull: Finish incomplete docs for pull@hash syntax
authorColin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
Tue, 1 Aug 2017 13:12:16 +0000 (09:12 -0400)
committerAtomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io>
Tue, 1 Aug 2017 21:51:17 +0000 (21:51 +0000)
Closes: https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/issues/1043
Closes: #1045
Approved by: guyshapiro

man/ostree-pull.xml

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@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
         </para>
 
        <para>
-         A special syntax in the <literal>@</literal> character allows
-         specifying a specific commit to retrieve from a branch.  This
+    A special syntax in the <literal>@</literal> character allows
+    specifying a specific commit to retrieve from a branch.  The
+    use cases for this are somewhat similar to pulling a specific
+    git tag; one could e.g. script a system upgrade to a known-good
+    version, rather than the latest from the content provider.
        </para>
 
     </refsect1>