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=-4.0 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 9CCA11F859 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932220AbcHLOkW (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:40:22 -0400 Received: from smtp130.dfw.emailsrvr.com ([67.192.241.130]:50203 "EHLO smtp130.dfw.emailsrvr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753064AbcHLOkD (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:40:03 -0400 Received: from smtp25.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp25.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AFE7DC03FE; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:39:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Auth-ID: mbranchaud@xiplink.com Received: by smtp25.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: mbranchaud-AT-xiplink.com) with ESMTPSA id 5106CC03D1; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:39:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender-Id: mbranchaud@xiplink.com Received: from [10.10.1.32] ([UNAVAILABLE]. [192.252.130.194]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:465 (trex/5.7.1); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:39:19 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/12] doc: revisions: extra clarification of ^! notation effects To: Philip Oakley , GitList , Junio C Hamano References: <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160812070749.2920-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160812070749.2920-6-philipoakley@iee.org> Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Jakub_Nar=c4=99bski?= From: Marc Branchaud Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:39:18 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160812070749.2920-6-philipoakley@iee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 2016-08-12 03:07 AM, Philip Oakley wrote: > Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley > --- > new > Cc: Jakub Narębski > https://public-inbox.org/git/578E4F4A.2020708%40gmail.com/ > --- > Documentation/revisions.txt | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt > index 3da0083..0b5044d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt > +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt > @@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ for naming a set that is formed by a commit and its parent commits. > > The 'r1{caret}@' notation means all parents of 'r1'. > > -'r1{caret}!' includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents. > +'r1{caret}!' notation includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents. This sentence should start with "The". > +This is the single commit 'r1', if standalone. That reads awkwardly to me. Perhaps By itself, this notation denotes the single commit 'r1'. ? M.