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=-4.1 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 78A3F2018E for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 07:10:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752126AbcHLHJm (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:09:42 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-3.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.67]:64153 "EHLO smtp-out-3.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751031AbcHLHIs (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:08:48 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([92.22.69.35]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id Y6ZUbGDs4xR4bY6ZVbadhH; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:08:02 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.69.35] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=JNN5iICb c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=118V6UEFpCLMRzptT8w30g==:117 a=118V6UEFpCLMRzptT8w30g==:17 a=xtxXYLxNAAAA:8 a=O560aJCABnCqEozDy2QA:9 a=xts0dhWdiJbonKbuqhAr:22 From: Philip Oakley To: GitList , Junio C Hamano Subject: [PATCH v5 02/12] doc: revisions - name the left and right sides Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:07:39 +0100 Message-Id: <20160812070749.2920-3-philipoakley@iee.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: <20160812070749.2920-1-philipoakley@iee.org> References: <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160812070749.2920-1-philipoakley@iee.org> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfEoQKtNQBEtCd5pVQ8exkJ0Rz5j81saDuwMQM8U+w6KyCvXJmDCKqggxZUVuJS2fx6OIm1t++uZlZPqAO95AMJic6wW9uEf7sxgjNqJMUJ5sCFg/7ynV rJp4cNZifuMWGtbILg6HltvUtDOatzzA8Bc6GNOXdtYuiew3uM55mWwdP/z0ExsN6nv3hTftkhofz2IGRULktoH1F09IyfwESU0= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The terms left and right side originate from the symmetric difference. Name them there. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- unchanged --- Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 19314e3..6e9cd41 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ A similar notation 'r1\...r2' is called symmetric difference of 'r1' and 'r2' and is defined as 'r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)'. It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of -'r1' or 'r2' but not from both. +'r1' (left side) or 'r2' (right side) but not from both. In these two shorthands, you can omit one end and let it default to HEAD. For example, 'origin..' is a shorthand for 'origin..HEAD' and asks "What -- 2.9.0.windows.1