From patchwork Thu Feb 4 09:31:32 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Johannes Schindelin X-Patchwork-Id: 12066661 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE40C43381 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 09:32:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81DE764F51 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 09:32:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235224AbhBDJcZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2021 04:32:25 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46914 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235205AbhBDJcU (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2021 04:32:20 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x332.google.com (mail-wm1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::332]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C66DC061786 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 01:31:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x332.google.com with SMTP id w4so2476433wmi.4 for ; Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:31:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=t01brVa3DPyyG5QvvLYXIclMlNeWgdfEbDYtwwEZ5z4=; b=q0wPmdY4RsyVHMroL/4kMMX0E3cTD/OFLkTYZvqPs+FDMkK1Swyv6MZgl8JfCW/RgP TchuntHZ2b9BkZy0P0Nr2ADcDtfOI4UycHeF70XhTqV2eRov0TEZ3xb+N2y4OpycXvfM mtdKG5r+gmPRTXiMXHS1sJDg6aw9bZGkSPifx0mqYZzZRSthcf3zx+3GksNl1oTKg4kZ fjyJQTH7xJ1Mz6aC/FevS01ir43A4cB8KDfuVZ4D4Siw1AACM+HeeeV9TBJPSlcEwBCg 5rwVS6zGtQzPQZkTa9Hc+vG3+lUJDxf5f9deLcQYv1HChWJc2gWdEiYh47Rnz3vVIZcy rDWQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=t01brVa3DPyyG5QvvLYXIclMlNeWgdfEbDYtwwEZ5z4=; b=r70C27/jfHEFPdayYwhiMNuaw8DjX69JLWx8VDgXi8ZCWGx6TnQHU+mPmD5leUe522 jUMBDXHK1jEOui0WR1+5wyhksRzWw52eQURtcV5n6z0ckST69picmk4Z6F/9W2XGma3b O7le4R+U205LNqUewqSqcUmypTSJ/pwnTzIaVNDw3KmtK7tQLeo2Ach/fvBCwtMGKoyW HyWh9Y87F04vDvgTyjgNePcPhQqZcueOEQFO1TjkLWuADZsl1V0bHA126ycaUcFyKiSl wgKG1UR9uTLuKOZKOlDNcgmOqUEJw/LkQKG5+/QVEUIkUFzzbwG0KVkp/5xRgSKVj7F6 xxeg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531aCWKIm8nGBiQqof+DHD/ULAMtljTgA8oQNh2PiP3CoOoHv2eA oHXawyYsI5tjCuEo+s/uNe8u/ng32EU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz7jsdJWatCTkgloaqiDN5HFfnAmprUAxGwYE48io5i4wA4qPDCENYTW6+qFzBJldy3mzUtmw== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:1f4d:: with SMTP id f74mr6828606wmf.12.1612431098693; Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:31:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r17sm7321069wro.46.2021.02.04.01.31.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:31:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <295fdc1cd32cffcef145d9dd0ac76d29580fa6de.1612431093.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:31:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v4 3/3] range-diff(docs): explain how to specify commit ranges Fcc: Sent MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Uwe =?utf-8?q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= , Eric Sunshine , Johannes Schindelin , Johannes Schindelin Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Johannes Schindelin From: Johannes Schindelin There are three forms, depending whether the user specifies one, two or three non-option arguments. We've never actually explained how this works in the manual, so let's explain it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- Documentation/git-range-diff.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt index 9701c1e5fdd5..14bffb272a06 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt @@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ Finally, the list of matching commits is shown in the order of the second commit range, with unmatched commits being inserted just after all of their ancestors have been shown. +There are three ways to specify the commit ranges: + +- ` `: Either commit range can be of the form + `..`, `^!` or `^-`. See `SPECIFYING RANGES` + in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for more details. + +- `...`. This resembles the symmetric ranges mentioned in + the `SPECIFYING RANGES` section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7], and is + equivalent to `.. ..`. + +- ` `: This is equivalent to `.. + ..`. OPTIONS -------