From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968E01F87F for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:36:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728109AbeKKQXn (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:23:43 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:47570 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1727568AbeKKQXn (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:23:43 -0500 Received: (qmail 31978 invoked by uid 109); 11 Nov 2018 06:36:03 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:36:03 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 31755 invoked by uid 111); 11 Nov 2018 06:35:22 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 01:35:22 -0500 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 11 Nov 2018 01:36:01 -0500 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 01:36:01 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Elijah Newren Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, larsxschneider@gmail.com, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, me@ttaylorr.com, jrnieder@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] git-fast-export.txt: clarify misleading documentation about rev-list args Message-ID: <20181111063601.GB30850@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20181111062312.16342-1-newren@gmail.com> <20181111062312.16342-3-newren@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181111062312.16342-3-newren@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:23:04PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren > --- > Documentation/git-fast-export.txt | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt > index ce954be532..677510b7f7 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt > @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ marks the same across runs. > 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references > to export. For example, `master~10..master` causes the > current master reference to be exported along with all objects > - added since its 10th ancestor commit. > + added since its 10th ancestor commit and all files common to > + master\~9 and master~10. Do you need to backslash the second tilde? Maybe `master~9` and `master~10` instead of escaping? I'm not sure what this is trying to say. I guess that we'd always show all of the blobs necessary to reconstruct the first non-negative commit (i.e., `master~9` here)? -Peff