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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Cc: Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Doc/checkout: checking out using @{-N} can lead to detached state
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:33:50 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh8tf873l.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171127172834.6396-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> (Kaartic Sivaraam's message of "Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:58:33 +0530")

Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> writes:

>  	any branch (see below for details).
>  +
> -As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit
> -checks out branches (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
> -`-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`.
> +You can use the `"@{-N}"` syntax to refer to the N-th last
> +branch/commit checked out using "git checkout" operation. You may
> +also specify `-` which is synonymous to `"@{-1}`.
>  +
> -As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
> +As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
>  merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
>  leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.

Looks sensible.  Will queue.

Thanks.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-11-28  2:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-19 17:54 [PATCH] docs: checking out using @{-N} can lead to detached state Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-20  2:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-11-20 15:18   ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-27 17:28   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Doc/checkout: " Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-27 17:28     ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Doc/check-ref-format: clarify information about @{-N} syntax Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-28  2:40       ` Junio C Hamano
2017-11-28 14:43         ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-03  1:52           ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-04 17:25             ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-04 18:44               ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-05  5:20                 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-28 16:34         ` [PATCH v3 " Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-03  2:08           ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-06 17:58             ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-14 12:30             ` [PATCH v4 " Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-14 18:02               ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-16  5:38                 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-16  8:13                 ` [PATCH v5 0/1] clarify about @{-N} syntax in check-ref-format documentation Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-12-16  8:13                   ` [PATCH v5 1/1] Doc/check-ref-format: clarify information about @{-N} syntax Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-11-28  2:33     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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