From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:48:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)
Message-ID: <bq6x38lc.fsf@blue.sea.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080203193024.GV29522@dpotapov.dyndns.org>

* Sun 2008-02-03 Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
* Message-Id: 20080203193024.GV29522@dpotapov.dyndns.org
> ^-syntax is very natural to specify the _previous_ commit. Have you
> notice we usually say "previous", not "one commit before"?

Only if you're grown with git. Everywhere else the concept of HEAD or
TIP is more natural, thus progression:

    HEAD, HEAD~1, HEAD~2

Jari

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