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Re: [PATCH] user-manual.txt: fix a few mistakes

From
SOSergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2007, 11:34 UTC
Message-ID
<87sl361l1d.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
In-Reply-To
<20071116035416.GF18909@fieldses.org>
"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 01:36:40PM +0300, Sergei Organov wrote:
>> "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> writes:
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>> >> @@ -1567,8 +1567,8 @@ old history using, for example,
>> >>  $ git log master@{1}
>> >>  -------------------------------------------------
>> >>  
>> >> -This lists the commits reachable from the previous version of the head.
>> >> -This syntax can be used to with any git command that accepts a commit,
>> >
>> > I actually prefer "head" here.  On something like:
>> >
>> > 		 A--B--C
>> > 		/
>> > 	o--o--o
>> > 		\
>> > 		 o--o--o
>> >
>> >
>> > The term "branch" could be used to refer to the whole line of
>> > development consisting of A, B, and C.  The term "head", on the other
>> > hand, refers to either C or a ref that points to it.  We also use the
>> > terms "branch head" or just "branch" for that case, but I think "head"
>> > is more precise.
>> 
>> Then I'd suggest to be precise here, e.g.:
>> 
>> "This lists the commits reachable from the previous version of the
>> "master" branch head."
>
> That sounds sensible to me, sure.
OK, I've just submitted patch for that.
-- 
Sergei.
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