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authorRene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>2006-07-02 01:29:37 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-07-01 18:13:47 -0700
commit0d2c9d67d9e1a2fd87b2daeefffffaff0b3f3a49 (patch)
tree30ea078fdd6661fa0b1f469dbc1570f41a245a93 /Documentation
parent31609c17251f368584f7b94d44b06194112b4251 (diff)
downloadgit-0d2c9d67d9e1a2fd87b2daeefffffaff0b3f3a49.tar.gz
Add '...' operator for revisions
'A...B' is a shortcut for 'A B --not $(git-merge-base --all A B)'. This XOR-like operation is called symmetric difference in set theory. The symbol '...' has been chosen because it's rather similar to the existing '..' operator and the somewhat more natural caret ('^') is already taken. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index ad6d14c55a..6c370e1bef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ \--sparse ]
[ \--no-merges ]
[ \--remove-empty ]
+ [ \--not ]
[ \--all ]
[ \--topo-order ]
[ \--parents ]
@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@ not in 'baz'".
A special notation <commit1>..<commit2> can be used as a
short-hand for {caret}<commit1> <commit2>.
+Another special notation is <commit1>...<commit2> which is useful for
+merges. The resulting set of commits is the symmetric difference
+between the two operands. The following two commands are equivalent:
+
+------------
+$ git-rev-list A B --not $(git-merge-base --all A B)
+$ git-rev-list A...B
+------------
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -93,6 +102,11 @@ OPTIONS
--remove-empty::
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
+--not::
+ Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack
+ thereof) for all following revision specifiers, up to
+ the next `--not`.
+
--all::
Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are
listed on the command line as <commit>.