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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 4bed5b1ab7..ba11b9c95e 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ empty range that is both reachable and unreachable from HEAD. Other <rev>{caret} Parent Shorthand Notations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Two other shorthands exist, particularly useful for merge commits, +Three other shorthands exist, particularly useful for merge commits, for naming a set that is formed by a commit and its parent commits. The 'r1{caret}@' notation means all parents of 'r1'. @@ -291,8 +291,15 @@ The 'r1{caret}@' notation means all parents of 'r1'. The 'r1{caret}!' notation includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents. By itself, this notation denotes the single commit 'r1'. +The '<rev>{caret}-{<n>}' notation includes '<rev>' but excludes the <n>th +parent (i.e. a shorthand for '<rev>{caret}<n>..<rev>'), with '<n>' = 1 if +not given. This is typically useful for merge commits where you +can just pass '<commit>{caret}-' to get all the commits in the branch +that was merged in merge commit '<commit>' (including '<commit>' +itself). + While '<rev>{caret}<n>' was about specifying a single commit parent, these -two notations consider all its parents. For example you can say +three notations also consider its parents. For example you can say 'HEAD{caret}2{caret}@', however you cannot say 'HEAD{caret}@{caret}2'. Revision Range Summary @@ -326,6 +333,10 @@ Revision Range Summary as giving commit '<rev>' and then all its parents prefixed with '{caret}' to exclude them (and their ancestors). +'<rev>{caret}-{<n>}', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}-, HEAD{caret}-2':: + Equivalent to '<rev>{caret}<n>..<rev>', with '<n>' = 1 if not + given. + Here are a handful of examples using the Loeliger illustration above, with each step in the notation's expansion and selection carefully spelt out: @@ -339,6 +350,8 @@ spelt out: C I J F C B..C = ^B C C B...C = B ^F C G H D E B C + B^- = B^..B + = ^B^1 B E I J F B C^@ = C^1 = F I J F B^@ = B^1 B^2 B^3 |