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Re: [PATCH 4/5] git-log.txt: rewrite note on why "--" may be required

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 21, 2013, 08:09 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>                       I would say the most technically accurate
> description of what 'git log' takes is a "committish range" (basically
> a "revision range" that resolves to commits).

What is a revision range that doesn't resolve to commits? Am I wrong in thinking revision is nothing more than a synonym for commit?

When gitrevisions(7) says "A revision parameter <rev> typically, but not necessarily, names a commit object", I suspect it is residue from 3a45f625 trying to apologize for the extended SHA1 syntax parser being called "git rev-parse" instead of "git object-name-parse".

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Message 17 of 35 in “Documentation/shortlog improvements”
  1. 0/5 Documentation/shortlog improvementsRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 20, 2013
  2. 1/5 git-shortlog.txt: remove (-h|--help) from OPTIONSRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 20, 2013
  3. 2/5 builtin/shortlog.c: make usage string consistent with logRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 20, 2013
  4. 3/5 git-log.txt: fix description of <since>..<until>Ramkumar Ramachandra, Apr 20, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 20, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 21, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  10. 4/5 git-log.txt: rewrite note on why "--" may be requiredRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 20, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  12. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  16. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  17. Jonathan NiederApr 21, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 21, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  22. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  23. Jonathan NiederApr 21, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  25. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2013
  27. Thomas RastApr 22, 2013
  28. Thomas RastApr 22, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2013
  30. 5/5 git-shortlog.txt: make SYNOPSIS match log, update OPTIONSRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 20, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013
  32. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  33. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 21, 2013
  34. glossary: a revision is just a commitJonathan Nieder, Apr 21, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2013

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