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=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 457FD1FE4E for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754522AbcGLQrQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:47:16 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:60334 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751523AbcGLQrP (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:47:15 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3B422A31C; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:47:13 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=VdpraYg0Of6vv2MMJJhHWRaMagA=; b=WSJc2e WALvp8nA78iOkp/J7/fO+KgX/WGbSxmYHMnhqZ4UrPNWzHtShv27CCGDBArmgATX nozNA+pv++VgK+lEOW+scP5v9fKcx9moQeYT83+zfDwO2nZEMKHruQN4MiQTpweF 2i2g0C3bz9+WiEN3VKpRr9xnI+RWieINeMUCw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=XH/6uUW81mrMeWkZV0J7w8AL6tkJZl7H Nby3Ts+GXSG1uxRFCTYqJDgrsQd6W7Gw3nnsGGACDqrgutKAJSUv+89uUMZBiTB3 /JWnLQ5T3p0OzyZ5rn3zRALrsoXCPtwaOoDkXYOMhBik9V8jAjirYkG1f+sObhA6 vbW8oXBaTD4= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECEE62A31B; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:47:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 796002A31A; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:47:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Philip Oakley Cc: GitList , Jeff King Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] doc: revisions - name the Left and Right sides References: <20160630202509.4472-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160711202518.532-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160711202518.532-3-philipoakley@iee.org> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:47:11 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20160711202518.532-3-philipoakley@iee.org> (Philip Oakley's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:25:12 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 48AA65CC-4850-11E6-A69C-EE617A1B28F4-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Philip Oakley writes: > The terms Left and Right side originate from the symmetric > difference. Name them there. > --- Sign-off? > Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt > index 19314e3..79f6d03 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. I think it is a good idea to call them explicitly left and right, but I do not think they need to be capitalized here or on the title of the patch. > 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