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Re: [PATCH] Inconsistency between git log and git rev-parse for ^HEAD^@

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2017, 20:18 UTC
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Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com> writes:
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> Hello,
>
> the log and rev-parse commands both support the rev^@ syntax which stands for
> all parents of rev.  The log command also supports ^rev^@ to exclude all of the
> parents of rev, but rev-parse does not.  Should this be fixed?
>
> If so, the following patch would be a start.

Hmph, would ^A..B and ^A...B also be turned into B..A and B...A in a similar way? I think the latter would not make much sense but ^A..B might.

In any case, accepting ^rev^@ may make sense nevertheless.
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  1. Inconsistency between git log and git rev-parse for ^HEAD^@Andreas Gruenbacher, Mar 18, 2017
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