From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Cc: GitList <git@vger.kernel.org>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: clarify that `^r1` will exclude `r1` itself
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:14:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPc5daW_Kf8UG2zm4vBS9f4tN+bXusdZQkcwnssNs+gdk8J75w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38FAE374CD2D44EC9C86167F98953271@PhilipOakley>
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix '{caret}'
>>> notation is used. E.g. '{caret}r1 r2' means commits reachable
>>> -from 'r2' but exclude the ones reachable from 'r1'.
>>> +from 'r2' but exclude 'r1' and those reachable from 'r1'.
>>
>> Well, if you have to spell that out, you'd want to spell out r2 side
>> too, no? That is,
>
> The clarification wasn't about what "reachable" means but about inclusivity,
> such as whether 0..4 would give 0,1,2,3,4 or would be 'off by one' and only
> give 1,2,3,4. And in this case it's the latter.
Well, you have the same inclusivity issue on the opposite end, no? Is 0..4
a range with 0,1,2,3,4? 0,1,2,3? 1,2,3,4? or 1,2,3?
> Describing 'reachability' is a whole different kettle of fish, as you
> highlight below, and would be separate from this patch.
I am not sure I agree. It all is about "is the endpoint included or not?".
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2016-06-22 7:25 name for A..B ranges? Philip Oakley
2016-06-24 16:09 ` Jeff King
2016-06-24 16:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-25 13:50 ` Philip Oakley
2016-06-25 16:46 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Philip Oakley
2016-06-25 16:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-06-25 16:46 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: give headings for the two and three dot notations Philip Oakley
2016-06-25 18:47 ` [PATCH] doc: show the actual left, right, and boundary marks Philip Oakley
2016-06-30 20:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Name for A..B ranges? Philip Oakley
2016-06-30 20:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-06-30 20:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: show the actual left, right, and boundary marks Philip Oakley
2016-06-30 20:25 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: give headings for the two and three dot notations Philip Oakley
2016-06-30 20:25 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: clarify that `^r1` will exclude `r1` itself Philip Oakley
2016-07-01 21:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-01 22:08 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-01 22:14 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-07-01 23:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-10 21:17 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-01 21:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Name for A..B ranges? Junio C Hamano
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] doc: revisions - name the Left and Right sides Philip Oakley
2016-07-12 16:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-12 21:47 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] doc: show the actual left, right, and boundary marks Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] doc: give headings for the two and three dot notations Philip Oakley
2016-07-12 13:44 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-07-12 17:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-12 22:11 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-19 16:03 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-19 19:15 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-12 21:41 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-12 22:12 ` Jeff King
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] doc: gitrevisions - use 'reachable' in page description Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] doc: gitrevisions - clarify 'latter case' is revision walk Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] doc: revisions - define `reachable` Philip Oakley
2016-07-12 13:48 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-07-12 21:44 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-11 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] doc: revisions - clarify reachability examples Philip Oakley
2016-07-12 19:29 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Name for A..B ranges? Junio C Hamano
2016-07-12 22:29 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:09 ` [PATCH v4 " Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] doc: revisions - name the left and right sides Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] doc: show the actual left, right, and boundary marks Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] doc: give headings for the two and three dot notations Philip Oakley
2016-07-21 14:42 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-07-21 19:54 ` Philip Oakley
2016-07-21 21:20 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-07-22 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] doc: gitrevisions - use 'reachable' in page description Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] doc: gitrevisions - clarify 'latter case' is revision walk Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] doc: revisions - define `reachable` Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] doc: revisions - clarify reachability examples Philip Oakley
2016-07-20 22:22 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] Name for A..B ranges? Junio C Hamano
2016-08-11 21:50 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] Update git revisions Philip Oakley
2016-08-11 21:50 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-08-26 11:33 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-08-26 16:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-11 22:32 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] Update git revisions Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 23:45 ` [PATCH v6 " Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 23:45 ` [PATCH v6 05/12] doc: revisions: extra clarification of <rev>^! notation effects Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 23:45 ` [PATCH v6 06/12] doc: revisions: single vs multi-parent notation comparison Philip Oakley
2016-08-26 15:30 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-08-26 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-12 23:45 ` [PATCH v6 11/12] doc: revisions: show revision expansion in examples Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 23:45 ` [PATCH v6 12/12] doc: revisions: sort examples and fix alignment of the unchanged Philip Oakley
2016-08-15 14:30 ` [PATCH v6 00/12] Update git revisions Marc Branchaud
2016-08-15 15:00 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-15 16:55 ` BUG: indent-with-non-tab always on (was: Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] Update git revisions) Marc Branchaud
2016-08-15 17:54 ` BUG: indent-with-non-tab always on Marc Branchaud
2016-08-15 17:06 ` [PATCH v6 00/12] Update git revisions Junio C Hamano
2016-08-31 16:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-11 23:03 ` [PATCH v5 " Philip Oakley
2016-08-11 23:03 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] Update git revisions Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 02/12] doc: revisions - name the left and right sides Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 03/12] doc: show the actual left, right, and boundary marks Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] doc: revisions: give headings for the two and three dot notations Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:10 ` Jeff King
2016-08-12 14:37 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 05/12] doc: revisions: extra clarification of <rev>^! notation effects Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 14:39 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-08-12 22:17 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] doc: revisions: single vs multi-parent notation comparison Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 14:40 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-08-12 22:23 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] doc: gitrevisions - use 'reachable' in page description Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] doc: gitrevisions - clarify 'latter case' is revision walk Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 09/12] doc: revisions - define `reachable` Philip Oakley
2016-08-28 13:01 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-08-29 13:21 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-29 14:43 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-08-29 19:27 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] doc: revisions - clarify reachability examples Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] doc: revisions: show revision expansion in examples Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 15:22 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-08-12 22:45 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 7:07 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] doc: revisions: sort examples and fix alignment of the unchanged Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 15:28 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] Update git revisions Marc Branchaud
2016-08-12 19:20 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-12 21:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-25 19:49 ` name for A..B ranges? Junio C Hamano
2016-06-27 13:37 ` Philip Oakley
2016-06-27 15:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-27 15:39 ` Philip Oakley
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