Add note about --git-ref to pub global (#5408)

I wanted to know how to specify a commit for a package I want to install, and I noticed that the option isn't in the documentation. Co-authored-by: Parker Lougheed <[email protected]>
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@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ a path relative to the repository root:
 $ dart pub global activate -sgit https://github.com/dart-lang/http.git --git-path pkgs/http/
 ```
 
+Pub uses the default branch of the Git repository. To specify a
+different branch or commit, use the `--git-ref` option:
+
+```terminal
+$ dart pub global activate -sgit https://github.com/dart-lang/http.git --git-ref 36f98e900347335af2338a0e087538009b7de2f9
+```
+
 ### Activating a package on your local machine
 
 ```terminal