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From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] git-log.txt: rewrite note on why "--" may be required
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I think "branch names" was an attempt to make it more newbie
> friendly by sacrificing technical accuracy.  With the suggested
> update (see the review for the previous one), it would be easier to
> read if this part said "options or the revision range".

Why does it have to be a range?  It might well be a list of revisions,
so I'm tempted to stick with the word "revisions".  As I wrote in the
previous email, I think "revision" can be referenced by any one of the
syntaxes specified in revisions.txt (this includes a "committish
range").