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=-5.0 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 691111F744 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755188AbcGTVKY (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:10:24 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-5.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.69]:11839 "EHLO smtp-out-5.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755087AbcGTVKV (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:10:21 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([92.22.79.77]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id PykwbXvjRHGLwPyl1bEmd9; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:10:20 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.79.77] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=dsCZMBo4 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=YfJyJ16zsu2qLTmLoX9DvA==:117 a=YfJyJ16zsu2qLTmLoX9DvA==:17 a=xtxXYLxNAAAA:8 a=nOBXlB7yw2htNP6sz7oA:9 a=xts0dhWdiJbonKbuqhAr:22 From: Philip Oakley To: GitList Cc: Junio C Hamano , Jeff King , Marc Branchaud , =?UTF-8?q?Jakub=20Nar=C4=99bski?= Subject: [PATCH v4 7/8] doc: revisions - define `reachable` Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:10:06 +0100 Message-Id: <20160720211007.5520-8-philipoakley@iee.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> References: <20160711202518.532-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfEiy8Z9w3aK1iCtmf52doLsulphB2eCWNNuTXdztUs9kMUbcEBEtFZTPtV8yqruZ676t6ulz9RA0wnS2C8u9vNUKXRV4VFHilh0EP1EiF/1s3YmTqz6F gXoyygkNLke9xFYA5oJIRkQ3JFm5eTqx97wx4rlk7XH1O2gFph30bTBcnPChp87VqnQxUVpXP08NNFVDHWhsk7a2ZtV+7/K4T0b3qiFUmewgMvAHeUeKYGcK qDdU6dXYoXvz5hkgOb+fN3k32ESvhS1zYE1Bp1YJ6ymkkDPO9VtbVCMufdUxOH66 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 5b37283..d3b7cee 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 set of commits `reachable` from the given +commit. + +A commit's reachable set is the commit itself and the commits in +its ancestry chain. + Commit Exclusions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.9.0.windows.1