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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/revisions.txt | 11 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index f223a1cc4..e8120c0a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Commit Exclusions '{caret}<rev>' (caret) Notation:: To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix '{caret}' notation is used. E.g. '{caret}r1 r2' means commits reachable - from 'r2' but exclude the ones reachable from 'r1'. + from 'r2' but exclude the ones reachable from 'r1' (i.e. 'r1' and + its ancestors). Dotted Range Notations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -297,12 +298,12 @@ Revision Range Summary ---------------------- '<rev>':: - Include commits that are reachable from (i.e. ancestors of) - <rev>. + Include commits that are reachable from <rev> (i.e. <rev> and its + ancestors). '{caret}<rev>':: - Exclude commits that are reachable from (i.e. ancestors of) - <rev>. + Exclude commits that are reachable from <rev> (i.e. <rev> and its + ancestors). '<rev1>..<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from <rev2> but exclude |