Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ thing no matter the case. > '<rev>{caret}0' means the commit itself and is used when '<rev>' is the > object name of a tag object that refers to a commit object. > > -'<rev>{tilde}<n>', e.g. 'master{tilde}3':: > +'<rev>{tilde}[<n>]', e.g. 'HEAD~, master{tilde}3':: Why doesn't this example say "HEAD{tilde}, master{tilde}3" instead, I wonder? > + A suffix '{tilde}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of > + that commit object. > A suffix '{tilde}<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit > object that is the <n>th generation ancestor of the named > commit object, following only the first parents. I.e. '<rev>{tilde}3' is