Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] doc: revisions - name the Left and Right sides
From: Philip Oakley <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-12 21:48:51
From: "Junio C Hamano" <redacted>
Philip Oakley [off-list ref] writes:quoted
The terms Left and Right side originate from the symmetric difference. Name them there. ---Sign-off?
Oops - will fix.
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Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 19314e3..79f6d03 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ A similar notation 'r1\...r2' is called symmetricdifference of 'r1' and 'r2' and is defined as 'r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)'. It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of -'r1' or 'r2' but not from both. +'r1' (Left side) or 'r2' (Right side) but not from both.I think it is a good idea to call them explicitly left and right, but I do not think they need to be capitalized here or on the title of the patch.
OK - can fix.
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In these two shorthands, you can omit one end and let it default to HEAD. For example, 'origin..' is a shorthand for 'origin..HEAD' and asks "What
-- Philip