Re: [PATCH] doc: add that '-' is the same as '@{-1}'
From: Phillip Wood <hidden>
Date: 2023-03-31 16:33:43
Hi ryicoh On 31/03/2023 11:11, ryicoh via GitGitGadget wrote:
From: ryicoh <redacted>
Signed-off-by: ryicoh <redacted>
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doc: add that '-' is the same as '@{-1}'
A few commands (checkout, merge, rebase and switch spring to mind)
accept '-' as a shorthand for '@{-1}' but I don't think it is
universally accepted.
Best Wishes
Phillip
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Now, the document of '-' is written only git-switch.txt. https://github.com/git/git/blob/6369acd968d02899973a9a853c48029b92cea401/Documentation/git-switch.txt#L51 I want same one in revisions.txt. Thank you. Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1484%2Fryicoh%2Fdoc-hyphen-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1484/ryicoh/doc-hyphen-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1484 Documentation/revisions.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 9aa58052bc7..9e7ea2cf71e 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. '@{-<n>}', e.g. '@{-1}':: The construct '@{-<n>}' means the <n>th branch/commit checked out - before the current one. + before the current one. You may also specify - which is synonymous + to @{-1}. '[<branchname>]@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}':: A branch B may be set up to build on top of a branch X (configured withbase-commit: 6369acd968d02899973a9a853c48029b92cea401