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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)

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Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2008, 22:33 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:48:15AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
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> * Sun 2008-02-03 Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
> * Message-Id: 20080203193024.GV29522@dpotapov.dyndns.org
> > ^-syntax is very natural to specify the _previous_ commit. Have you
> > notice we usually say "previous", not "one commit before"?
> 
> Only if you're grown with git.
Hmm... I always thought that the word "previous" existed well before Git...
> Everywhere else the concept of HEAD or
> TIP is more natural,
How so?
> thus progression:
> 
>     HEAD, HEAD~1, HEAD~2
Non sequitur.
Dmitry
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  1. Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)Jari Aalto, Feb 2, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 2, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2008
  4. Mike HommeyFeb 2, 2008
  5. Jari AaltoFeb 2, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiFeb 2, 2008
  7. Jari AaltoFeb 2, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 3, 2008
  9. J. Bruce FieldsFeb 2, 2008
  10. Jari AaltoFeb 2, 2008
  11. Robin RosenbergFeb 2, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2008
  13. Dmitry PotapovFeb 3, 2008
  14. Jari AaltoFeb 3, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiFeb 4, 2008
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