From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:26:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a new extended SHA1 syntax <name>:<num>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0508212025350.15353@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vll2viq05.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> The new notation is a short-hand for <name> followed by <num>
> caret ('^') characters.  E.g. "master:4" is the fourth
> generation ancestor of the current "master" branch head,
> following the first parents; same as "master^^^^" but a bit more
> readable.

This might confuse some people with the <src>:<dest> notation of the 
renaming fetch...

Ciao,
Dscho