From: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>
Update to gitutorial as discussedin the git mailing list:
http://marc.info/?t=121969390900002&r=1&w=2
Signed-off-by: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> --- Documentation/gittutorial.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 48d1454..384972c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -321,10 +321,37 @@ pulling, like this: ------------------------------------------------ alice$ git fetch /home/bob/myrepo master -alice$ git log -p ..FETCH_HEAD +alice$ git log -p HEAD..FETCH_HEAD ------------------------------------------------ This operation is safe even if Alice has uncommitted local changes. +The range notation HEAD..FETCH_HEAD" means "show everything that is reachable +from the FETCH_HEAD but exclude anything that is reachable from HEAD. +Alice already knows everything that leads to her current state (HEAD), +and reviewing what Bob has in his state (FETCH_HEAD) that she has not +seen with this command + +If Alice wants to visualize what Bob did since their histories forked +she can issue the following command: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ gitk HEAD..FETCH_HEAD +------------------------------------------------ + +This uses the same two-dot range notation we saw earlier with 'git log'. + +Alice may want to view what both of them did since they forked. +She can use three-dot form instead of the two-dot form: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ gitk HEAD...FETCH_HEAD +------------------------------------------------ + +This means "show everything that is reachable from either one, but +exclude anything that is reachable from both of them". + +Please note that these range notation can be used with both gitk +and "git log". After inspecting what Bob did, if there is nothing urgent, Alice may decide to continue working without pulling from Bob. If Bob's history
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