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[PATCH v3 2/6] revisions.txt: describe 'rev1 rev2 ...' meaning for ranges

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Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 9, 2020, 02:16 UTC
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From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>

The "Specifying ranges" section does not mention explicitly that several commits can be specified to form a range.

Add a mention to that effect.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/revisions.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index 1ad95065c1..d9169c062e 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ specifying a single revision, using the notation described in the
 previous section, means the set of commits `reachable` from the given
 commit.
 
+Specifying several revisions means the set of commits reachable from
+any of the given commits.
+
 A commit's reachable set is the commit itself and the commits in
 its ancestry chain.
 

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