From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jari Aalto Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: Use commit~1 notation over commit^ Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:37:52 +0200 Organization: Private Message-ID: <877hftuvvz.fsf@picasso.cante.net> References: <1291227258-17922-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> <1291230820.11917.25.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Dec 01 20:40:18 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNsXH-0007Km-56 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:40:15 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755754Ab0LATkI (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:40:08 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:45232 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751335Ab0LATkI (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:40:08 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNsX6-0007Ex-2E for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:40:04 +0100 Received: from a91-155-187-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi ([91.155.187.216]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:40:04 +0100 Received: from jari.aalto by a91-155-187-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:40:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: a91-155-187-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uRyKgZ0aNtYZ02td80f4i7kct7E= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 2010-12-01 21:13 Drew Northup : > "~" examples is actually a disservice to the documentation reader in a Well. What I can say. I have witnessed close hand for thousands of learners. Unfortunately they don't get educated that way. Bright people may. But I'd rather address average Joe who is switching from SVN or the like. What people appreciate, while learning, is constency. Sticking to one notation is better than giving multiple choices. And the "^" isn't exactly readable, don't you agree? HEAD^^^^^^^^ Right. How many was there again? Besides, the "^" key was probably inverted to work easily in US keybord. It is not so in other parts of the world. The fine print can be reserved to git-rev-parse(1) where you can get all the details. Jari