Thread (80 messages) flat view 80 messages, 5 authors, 2016-08-29

Re: [PATCH v5 01/12] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently

From: Jakub Narębski <hidden>
Date: 2016-08-26 11:34:08

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

W dniu 11.08.2016 o 23:50, Philip Oakley pisze:
  
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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 4f009d4..6dc0bb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ excluded from the output.
 
 --left-only::
 --right-only::
-	List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric range,
+	List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric difference,
 	i.e. only those which would be marked `<` resp. `>` by
 	`--left-right`.
 +
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --left-right::
-	Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from.
+	Mark which side of a symmetric difference a commit is reachable from.
 	Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from
 	the right with `>`.  If combined with `--boundary`, those
 	commits are prefixed with `-`.
That's very nice that two^W three related options, namely --left-only,
--right-only and --left-right now use the same notation.

I guess that "symmetric range" was to mean "symmetric difference range".

Best,
-- 
Jakub Narębski
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