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| author | Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> | 2013-04-22 11:00:26 +0530 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-04-21 23:10:09 -0700 |
| commit | 3a4dc48623793aad5770f0360eca8eb83f943657 (patch) | |
| tree | 5dec8b4dc8b42bc82a13134cee6e8380792616f3 /Documentation/revisions.txt | |
| parent | be6f72245232c9b3ccc19d3d233cf16b09ce0bff (diff) | |
| download | git-3a4dc48623793aad5770f0360eca8eb83f943657.tar.gz | |
revisions.txt: clarify the .. and ... syntax
In <rev1>..<rev2> and <rev1>...<rev2>, if either <rev1> or <rev2> is
omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. Add this detail to the document.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/revisions.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/revisions.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index b0f72206a0..242682af07 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ To summarize: '<rev1>..<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from <rev2> but exclude - those that are reachable from <rev1>. + those that are reachable from <rev1>. When either <rev1> or + <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. '<rev1>\...<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from either <rev1> or - <rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both. + <rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both. When + either <rev1> or <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. '<rev>{caret}@', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}@':: A suffix '{caret}' followed by an at sign is the same as listing |