2010-12-01 21:13 Drew Northup <drew.northup@xxxxxxxxx>:
> "~" examples is actually a disservice to the documentation reader in a
Well. What I can say. I have witnessed close hand for thousands of
learners. Unfortunately they don't get educated that way. Bright people
may. But I'd rather address average Joe who is switching from SVN or the
like.
What people appreciate, while learning, is constency. Sticking to one
notation is better than giving multiple choices. And the "^" isn't
exactly readable, don't you agree?
HEAD^^^^^^^^
Right. How many was there again?
Besides, the "^" key was probably inverted to work easily in US keybord.
It is not so in other parts of the world.
The fine print can be reserved to git-rev-parse(1) where you can get all
the details.
Jari
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