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[PATCH] doc: glossary: add entry for revision range

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
May 16, 2021, 20:37 UTC
Message-ID
<20210516203736.1098072-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

Revision ranges are one of the most pervasive concepts in Git. It belongs in the glossary.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 67c7a50b96..31151277ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
 [[def_revision]]revision::
 	Synonym for <<def_commit,commit>> (the noun).
 
+[[def_revision_range]]revision range::
+        A syntax to specify a list of commits, usually indicating the starting
+        and ending points. For example: `master..@`.
+
 [[def_rewind]]rewind::
 	To throw away part of the development, i.e. to assign the
 	<<def_head,head>> to an earlier <<def_revision,revision>>.
-- 
2.31.1
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