Re: [PATCH] revisions.txt: correct a mistake in dotted range notations section

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 26, 2023, 16:46 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo7natwvh.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1485.git.git.1682495081131.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Pooyan Khanjankhani via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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>      $ git log A..B C..D
>
>  does *not* specify two revision ranges for most commands.  Instead
>  it will name a single connected set of commits, i.e. those that are
> -reachable from either B or D but are reachable from neither A or C.
> +reachable from either B or D but are not reachable from neither A or C.
>  In a linear history like this:
>  
>      ---A---B---o---o---C---D
>
> because A and B are reachable from C, the revision range specified
> by these two dotted ranges is a single commit D.

Isn't that an unwanted double negative?

The first hit I got about "neither double negation" on Google search was:

https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/either_or_neither_nor_double_negative.htm

but the source of this might sound more authoritative:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/neither-neither-nor-and-not-either_2