From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: Use commit~1 notation over commit^ Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:46:08 +0900 Message-ID: <87k4js51u7.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <1291227258-17922-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> <1291230820.11917.25.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> <877hftuvvz.fsf@picasso.cante.net> <7vfwuhtafr.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Jari Aalto , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Dec 02 03:46:43 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 1PNzBx-0002GT-RV for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:46:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756800Ab0LBCqQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:46:16 -0500 Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:57319 "EHLO smtp12.dentaku.gol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755739Ab0LBCqP (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:46:15 -0500 Received: from 218.231.154.28.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.28] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1PNzBR-0001Qf-L5; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:46:09 +0900 Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E3EE22175; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 11:46:08 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <7vfwuhtafr.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:06:32 -0800") X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano writes: > And "HEAD^" is shorter and much easier to type, and more importantly, it > is more often used in the wild, so the readers of the documentation needs > to know it anyway to understand what other people do. Seriously: People like ^. This doc change is not good (and seems to demonstrate a lack of familiarity with typical git usage).... -Miles -- o The existentialist, not having a pillow, goes everywhere with the book by Sullivan, _I am going to spit on your graves_.