Re: [PATCH] doc: use 'ref' instead of 'commit' for merge-base arguments

> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 12:23 AM Takuya N via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Takuya Noguchi <takninnovationresearch@gmail.com>
> >
> > The notation <commit> can be misunderstandable only for commit SHA1,
> > but merge-base accepts any commit references. Like reflog, the name of
> > arguments should be <ref> instead of <commit>.
>
> To me, this change goes too far in the opposite direction: Now it
> sounds like the command only accepts refs, when it actually accepts
> any "commit-ish"--i.e., anything that can be coerced to a commit.
> ("git worktree" uses this term in its usage for "add", for example.)