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Re: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: Use commit~1 notation over commit^

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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Dec 1, 2010, 19:37 UTC
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2010-12-01 21:13 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>:
> "~" examples is actually a disservice to the documentation reader in a

Well. What I can say. I have witnessed close hand for thousands of learners. Unfortunately they don't get educated that way. Bright people may. But I'd rather address average Joe who is switching from SVN or the like.

What people appreciate, while learning, is constency. Sticking to one notation is better than giving multiple choices. And the "^" isn't exactly readable, don't you agree?

    HEAD^^^^^^^^
Right. How many was there again?

Besides, the "^" key was probably inverted to work easily in US keybord. It is not so in other parts of the world.

The fine print can be reserved to git-rev-parse(1) where you can get all the details.

Jari
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