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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> In other words, you'd have to explain what "pu^2~3" means.
>
> And octopus merges, for that matter. I don't think the tutorial ever 
> explains those.

Sorry, my excuses are (1) I just did a quick example from a tree
I had handy -- my live tree; (2) as long as the user knows the
commit show-branch labeled with the cryptic "pu^2~3" is the one
s/he wants, it does not matter much what that label exactly
means.

But of course you are right.