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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 8855b1a0ac..d477b3f6bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ SPECIFYING REVISIONS -------------------- A revision parameter '<rev>' typically, but not necessarily, names a -commit object. It uses what is called an 'extended SHA1' +commit object. It uses what is called an 'extended SHA-1' syntax. Here are various ways to spell object names. The ones listed near the end of this list name trees and blobs contained in a commit. '<sha1>', e.g. 'dae86e1950b1277e545cee180551750029cfe735', 'dae86e':: - The full SHA1 object name (40-byte hexadecimal string), or + The full SHA-1 object name (40-byte hexadecimal string), or a leading substring that is unique within the repository. E.g. dae86e1950b1277e545cee180551750029cfe735 and dae86e both name the same commit object if there is no other object in @@ -244,11 +244,13 @@ To summarize: '<rev1>..<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from <rev2> but exclude - those that are reachable from <rev1>. + those that are reachable from <rev1>. When either <rev1> or + <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. '<rev1>\...<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from either <rev1> or - <rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both. + <rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both. When + either <rev1> or <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. '<rev>{caret}@', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}@':: A suffix '{caret}' followed by an at sign is the same as listing |