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Re: [PATCH] revisions(7): clarify that most commands take a single revision range

From: Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-20 02:27:31

On 18/05/21 18.17, Junio C Hamano wrote:
+Commands that are specifically designed to take two distinct ranges
+(e.g. "git range-diff R1 R2" to compare two ranges) do exist, but
+they are exceptions.  Unless otherwise noted, all "git" commands
+that operate on a set of commits work on a single revision range.
+In other words, writing two "two-dot range notation" next to each
+other, e.g.
+
+    $ git log A..B C..D
+
+does *not* specify two revision ranges for most commands.  Instead
+it will name a single connected set of commits, i.e. those that are
+reachable from either B or D but are reachable from neither A or C.
+In a linear history like this:
+
+    ---A---B---o---o---C---D
+
So "git log A..B C..D" is same as "A..D", right?

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