From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4CDE1F744 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:25:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932090AbcGKUZg (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:25:36 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-2.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.66]:60970 "EHLO smtp-out-2.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752964AbcGKUZd (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:25:33 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([92.22.73.13]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id MhlcbLEzMY8RwMhljbR8ma; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:25:32 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.73.13] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=b+Xw2ZOx c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=R5CpdR+gL2+IAQkTIkP0Ow==:117 a=R5CpdR+gL2+IAQkTIkP0Ow==:17 a=xtxXYLxNAAAA:8 a=nOBXlB7yw2htNP6sz7oA:9 a=xts0dhWdiJbonKbuqhAr:22 From: Philip Oakley To: GitList Cc: Junio C Hamano , Jeff King Subject: [PATCH v3 7/8] doc: revisions - define `reachable` Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:25:17 +0100 Message-Id: <20160711202518.532-8-philipoakley@iee.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.8.4.windows.1.3.ge328a54 In-Reply-To: <20160711202518.532-1-philipoakley@iee.org> References: <20160630202509.4472-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160711202518.532-1-philipoakley@iee.org> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfJHVv1GifgQixJrP28p/CUAT1FPDXvU3jg8301oEY9np0llNbthdt7NQ3MBKFkv0sRRFrpeKPi3m0h/sw0cxG6K5SxR51ngzvUv1JSVKLhmIWDFXht+Y 0Pp7x0CTKpcr1qX8YAibr/nXLRbaeZxKsgqjoIbKLz+XifeIwxWjU7H3jAAs9uoFmCEcMckcNxVohQSq0XRgJCUneKOvV0Up49wQKW0y7pnCdeCk6RsVNPZP Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Do not self-define `reachable`, which can lead to misunderstanding. Instead define `reachability` explictly. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- Documentation/revisions.txt | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 1c59e87..a3cd28b 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -237,10 +237,16 @@ SPECIFYING RANGES ----------------- History traversing commands such as `git log` operate on a set -of commits, not just a single commit. To these commands, -specifying a single revision with the notation described in the -previous section means the set of commits reachable from that -commit, following the commit ancestry chain. +of commits, not just a single commit. + +For these commands, +specifying a single revision, using the notation described in the +previous section, means the `reachable` set of commits of the given +commit. + +A commit's reachable set is the commit itself and the commits of +its ancestry chain. + The '{caret}' (caret) notation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.8.4.windows.1.3.ge328a54