From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 20:18:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Inconsistency between git log and git rev-parse for ^HEAD^@
Message-ID: <xmqq7f3m1gqd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1489866696-17487-1-git-send-email-agruenba@redhat.com>

Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com> writes:

> 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.