Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] cleanup revisions.txt

[Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>]

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for the earlier corrections on 2/3.

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 10:01:08AM +0200, Andreas Heiduk wrote:
> Am 27.04.19 um 14:15 schrieb Denton Liu:
> 
> While reading/reviewing I stumbled across another case for marking optional
> clauses. But the solutions is not a one-liner. @Denton Would you please add
> that one as Patch 4/4 to your series?

Will do.

Thanks,

Denton

> 
> ----------------- 8< ----------------------------
> Subject: [PATCH] revisions.txt: remove ambibuity between <rev>:<path> and :<path>
> 
> The revision ':README' is mentioned as an example for '<rev>:<path>'
> but the explanation forwards to the ':<n>:<path>' syntax. At the same
> time ':<n>:<path>' did not mark the '<n>:' as optional.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/revisions.txt | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
> index 372b286755..f11d1edc57 100644
> --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
> @@ -196,19 +196,16 @@ existing tag object.
>    Depending on the given text, the shell's word splitting rules might
>    require additional quoting.
>  
> -'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', ':README', 'master:./README'::
> +'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', 'master:./README'::
>    A suffix ':' followed by a path names the blob or tree
>    at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
>    before the colon.
> -  ':path' (with an empty part before the colon)
> -  is a special case of the syntax described next: content
> -  recorded in the index at the given path.
>    A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to the current working directory.
>    The given path will be converted to be relative to the working tree's root directory.
>    This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has
>    the same tree structure as the working tree.
>  
> -':<n>:<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
> +':[<n>:]<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
>    A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
>    colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the
>    index at the given path. A missing stage number (and the colon
> -- 
> 2.21.0