Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> '<rev>{tilde}<n>', e.g. 'master{tilde}3'::
>>> A suffix '{tilde}<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit
>>> object that is the <n>th generation grand-parent of the named
>>> commit object, following only the first parents.
>>>
>>> Hang on, *grand*-parents?
>>> ...
>
> Perhaps we should reword it as "n-th first-parent ancestor"? Barring
> confusion about the position of the dashes, that leaves little room for
> error.
I think we could either go "easier to read but not precise"
... that is the <n>th generation (grand-)parent of ...
or "may sound scary but correct"
the ancestor reached by walking the first-parent chain <n> times
I am not sure which bucket "n-th first-parent ancestor" falls into.
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