Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > However, this is really clear in the 'git rev-list' documentation, > which uses '<commit>...' in the synopsis > and clearly talks about the "set of commits" point of view: > > You can think of this as a set operation. Commits given on the command line form > a set of commits that are reachable from any of them, and then commits reachable > from any of the ones given with ^ in front are subtracted from that set. The remaining > commits are what comes out in the command’s output. Various other options and > paths parameters can be used to further limit the result. > > Do you think it would be appropriate that this explanation could somehow also appear > in the 'git log' (and maybe also 'gitrevisions') documentation ? Thanks for finding that paragraph. I said in my previous message that I didn't think the synopsis and short-help changes were bad, and I hoped that the other hunk of the patch added reference to "git log" page that existed elsewhere to help readers understand what the positive and negative options do. A reference to the "set operation" is exactly the kind of addition I meant I hoped to see. By the way, I do not write "git log ab/topic-1 cd/topic-2 --not master", but "git log ^master ab/topic-1 cd/topic-2 ef/topic-3" is something I'd quite often write.
