Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> writes: > The terms Left and Right side originate from the symmetric > difference. Name them there. > --- Sign-off? > Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt > index 19314e3..79f6d03 100644 > --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt > +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt > @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ A similar notation 'r1\...r2' is called symmetric difference > of 'r1' and 'r2' and is defined as > 'r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)'. > It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of > -'r1' or 'r2' but not from both. > +'r1' (Left side) or 'r2' (Right side) but not from both. I think it is a good idea to call them explicitly left and right, but I do not think they need to be capitalized here or on the title of the patch. > In these two shorthands, you can omit one end and let it default to HEAD. > For example, 'origin..' is a shorthand for 'origin..HEAD' and asks "What -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html