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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index b290b617d4..1725661837 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file. '<rev>{tilde}<n>', e.g. 'master{tilde}3':: A suffix '{tilde}<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit - object that is the <n>th generation grand-parent of the named + object that is the <n>th generation ancestor of the named commit object, following only the first parents. I.e. '<rev>{tilde}3' is equivalent to '<rev>{caret}{caret}{caret}' which is equivalent to '<rev>{caret}1{caret}1{caret}1'. See below for an illustration of |