[PATCH] git-rev-parse.txt: clarify meaning of rev~ and rev~0.

From

SOSergei Organov <osv@javad.com>

Date

Mar 14, 2008, 17:20 UTC

Message-ID

<87wso5mcs7.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>

Signed-off-by: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
---
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 6513c2e..0234f89 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
   object that is the <n>th generation grand-parent of the named
   commit object, following only the first parent.  I.e. rev~3 is
   equivalent to rev{caret}{caret}{caret} which is equivalent to
-  rev{caret}1{caret}1{caret}1.  See below for a illustration of
-  the usage of this form.
+  rev{caret}1{caret}1{caret}1.  See below for an illustration of
+  the usage of this form.  'rev{tilde}' is equivalent to 'rev{tilde}0'
+  which in turn is equivalent to 'rev'.
 
 * A suffix '{caret}' followed by an object type name enclosed in
   brace pair (e.g. `v0.99.8{caret}\{commit\}`) means the object

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