From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:44:31 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] user-manual.txt: fix a few mistakes Message-ID: <20071114194431.GO14254@fieldses.org> In-Reply-To: <7v8x50hawk.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:42:03AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "J. Bruce Fields" writes: > > > I actually prefer "head" here. On something like: > > > > A--B--C > > / > > o--o--o > > \ > > o--o--o > > > > > > The term "branch" could be used to refer to the whole line of > > development consisting of A, B, and C. The term "head", on the other > > hand, refers to either C or a ref that points to it. We also use the > > terms "branch head" or just "branch" for that case, but I think "head" > > is more precise. > > > >> +This lists the commits reachable from the previous version of the branch. > >> +This syntax can be used with any git command that accepts a commit, > >> not just with git log. Some other examples: > > > > (Otherwise looks fine, thanks!) > > Oops, I think I skipped the hunk #2 and applied hunk #3. Will > fix-up with: OK, thanks Junio! --b.