From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34D72018E for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 07:09:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751858AbcHLHIy (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:08:54 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-3.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.67]:20691 "EHLO smtp-out-3.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751257AbcHLHIu (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:08:50 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([92.22.69.35]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id Y6ZUbGDs4xR4bY6ZZbadhb; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:08:05 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.69.35] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=JNN5iICb c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=118V6UEFpCLMRzptT8w30g==:117 a=118V6UEFpCLMRzptT8w30g==:17 a=xtxXYLxNAAAA:8 a=nOBXlB7yw2htNP6sz7oA:9 a=xts0dhWdiJbonKbuqhAr:22 From: Philip Oakley To: GitList , Junio C Hamano Subject: [PATCH v5 09/12] doc: revisions - define `reachable` Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:07:46 +0100 Message-Id: <20160812070749.2920-10-philipoakley@iee.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: <20160812070749.2920-1-philipoakley@iee.org> References: <20160720211007.5520-1-philipoakley@iee.org> <20160812070749.2920-1-philipoakley@iee.org> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfAPEIz5GC19mCUJ+RbwPPVl4n4H7JDNQIc2Gy7N4FsdFcYavWcNUiJNOpqtYHY3ey4sUqGOfwFGkWVNX7wRTazlns4RV4pnQLDQl9nv6RcvGTi0dkWnV e1VHl6tpHLcZ+S+zuanRs4Hc8uMmYzDZMzl2N7O+KNDmeBA4Ryf1686EA/uc51kLNipEDxdzOBKlC4PybU2Liq+H6CqYRyvlRa8= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Do not self-define `reachable`, which can lead to misunderstanding. Instead define `reachability` explictly. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- unchanged --- Documentation/revisions.txt | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 934d071..238be45 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -237,10 +237,16 @@ SPECIFYING RANGES ----------------- History traversing commands such as `git log` operate on a set -of commits, not just a single commit. To these commands, -specifying a single revision with the notation described in the -previous section means the set of commits reachable from that -commit, following the commit ancestry chain. +of commits, not just a single commit. + +For these commands, +specifying a single revision, using the notation described in the +previous section, means the set of commits `reachable` from the given +commit. + +A commit's reachable set is the commit itself and the commits in +its ancestry chain. + Commit Exclusions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.9.0.windows.1