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[PATCH] documentation: escape '~' in git revert

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SRSylvain Rabot <sylvain.rabot@f-secure.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2010, 17:36 UTC
Message-ID
<1291311393-31843-1-git-send-email-sylvain.rabot@f-secure.com>
backslashing '~' characters do not have any effect, quoting with +++ has.
Signed-off-by: Sylvain Rabot <sylvain.rabot@f-secure.com>
---
 Documentation/git-revert.txt |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index f40984d..9368892 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
-git revert HEAD~3::
+git revert HEAD+++~+++3::
 
 	Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
 	and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
 
-git revert -n master\~5..master~2::
+git revert -n master+++~+++5..master+++~+++2::
 
 	Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
 	in master (included) to the third last commit in master
-- 
1.7.3.2
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