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authorPhilip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>2016-08-13 02:45:20 +0300
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-08-14 05:36:44 +0300
commit39b4d85e5be4b8ab1352d4a24e8fceffb2b5e405 (patch)
tree60ef86526288b3fef0c105df8f46e8cf347738e9 /Documentation/revisions.txt
parent59841a3900a5670084f30b8ab2bb49042938fee6 (diff)
doc: revisions: single vs multi-parent notation comparison
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ The 'r1{caret}@' notation means all parents of 'r1'.
The 'r1{caret}!' notation includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents.
By itself, this notation denotes the single commit 'r1'.
+While '<rev>{caret}<n>' was about specifying a single commit parent, these
+two notations consider all its parents. For example you can say
+'HEAD{caret}2{caret}@', however you cannot say 'HEAD{caret}@{caret}2'.
+
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