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From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Richard Hansen" <rhansen@rhansen.org>,
	"Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: glossary: add entry for revision range
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 15:37:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210516203736.1098072-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> (raw)

Revision ranges are one of the most pervasive concepts in Git. It belongs
in the glossary.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 67c7a50b96..31151277ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
 [[def_revision]]revision::
 	Synonym for <<def_commit,commit>> (the noun).
 
+[[def_revision_range]]revision range::
+        A syntax to specify a list of commits, usually indicating the starting
+        and ending points. For example: `master..@`.
+
 [[def_rewind]]rewind::
 	To throw away part of the development, i.e. to assign the
 	<<def_head,head>> to an earlier <<def_revision,revision>>.
-- 
2.31.1


             reply	other threads:[~2021-05-16 20:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-16 20:37 Felipe Contreras [this message]
2021-05-17  7:46 ` Re* [PATCH] doc: glossary: add entry for revision range Junio C Hamano
2021-05-17 10:30   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-17 11:55     ` Jeff King
2021-05-17 17:22       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18  6:59         ` Jeff King
2021-05-18 12:28           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-17 19:26       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-17 21:05         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18  0:51           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-18  1:26             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18  2:08           ` Jeff King
2021-05-18  2:57             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-18  5:20               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18  5:02             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18  6:55               ` Jeff King
2021-05-18 11:42                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18 12:47                   ` Jeff King
2021-05-18 21:09                     ` Felipe Contreras

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