| Message ID | 970fd3b1-8792-cc59-c3ee-00656a0615d0@web.de (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | diff: support ^! for merges | expand |
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index e3e350126d..0d2e55d781 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Revision Range Summary '<rev>{caret}!', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}!':: A suffix '{caret}' followed by an exclamation mark is the same - as giving commit '<rev>' and then all its parents prefixed with + as giving commit '<rev>' and all its parents prefixed with '{caret}' to exclude them (and their ancestors). '<rev>{caret}-<n>', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}-, HEAD{caret}-2'::
gitrevisions(7) says that <rev>^! resolves to <rev> and then all the parents of <rev>. revision.c::handle_revision_arg_1() actually adds all parents first, then <rev>. Change the documentation to leave the order unspecified, to avoid misleading readers. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> --- Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 2.37.3