From: jari Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:20:53 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: Use commit~1 notation over commit^ Message-ID: <20101202132053.GF6537@picasso.cante.net> In-Reply-To: <87mxoos4a8.fsf@catnip.gol.com> | ^ (and ^^, etc) is a simpler and easier concept to deal with, and | ... very easy to get counts for ~ wrong). So it's ~ that's the | "expert notation", not ^. Not that it matters, but have you happende to notice that all git outputs use commit~N notation. Not the commit^ Jari