Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 3, 2008, 02:07 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802030204400.7372@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <abmj3ysj.fsf@blue.sea.net>

Hi,

[don't cut the Cc' list. It is rude. _Especially_ if you cull the one you are responding to. Or do you like people looking the other way when they talk to you?]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Jari Aalto wrote:

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> * Sat 2008-02-02 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
> * Message-Id: m3d4rf7a4r.fsf@localhost.localdomain
> > Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
> >> I use HEAD~1 always, because I think the consistency in learning the
> >> most important factor.
> >
> > "HEAD~1" and "HEAD~2" are not shorter than original notation.
> 
> I'm afreaid that "optiomization" is seen a virtua in the manual pages. I 
> certainly do not wish to use "shorter", if it would mean "less readable"

IMO this is not just a matter of "shorter" or "longer". People familiar with Git use both forms. So if you want to be able to receive help from Git experts, you better understand both forms.

That's why Git newbies have to learn about _both_ syntaxes right away. Keeping them dumb serves _noone_.

Ciao, Dscho