From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:34:50 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Thu, Jan 15, 2026, at 12:54, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 12:33:36PM +0100, Toon Claes wrote: >>[snip] >> I was thinking about mentioning something like "commit-ish" instead, but >> I felt "commit-ish" isn't a commonly used term toward end-users. Looking >> at gitglossary(7), it says "revision" is a "synonym for commit". I'm >> happy to change this message, but I'm not sure s/revision/commit-ish/ is >> the best change for this. > > gitglossary(7) also defines commit-ish, but I guess you're right that > revision is the more common term. I'm a bit surprised that it's defined > to be a synonym for a commit, but oh, well. Surprised that “revision” is a synonym for commit? Why is that?