From: Jeff King Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:36:01 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] git-fast-export.txt: clarify misleading documentation about rev-list args Message-ID: <20181111063601.GB30850@sigill.intra.peff.net> In-Reply-To: <20181111062312.16342-3-newren@gmail.com> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:23:04PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren > --- > Documentation/git-fast-export.txt | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt > index ce954be532..677510b7f7 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt > @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ marks the same across runs. > 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references > to export. For example, `master~10..master` causes the > current master reference to be exported along with all objects > - added since its 10th ancestor commit. > + added since its 10th ancestor commit and all files common to > + master\~9 and master~10. Do you need to backslash the second tilde? Maybe `master~9` and `master~10` instead of escaping? I'm not sure what this is trying to say. I guess that we'd always show all of the blobs necessary to reconstruct the first non-negative commit (i.e., `master~9` here)? -Peff