Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 02:40:22AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Like: >> > >> > HEAD, HEAD~1, HEAD~2 >> > >> > If the syntax is changed in the middle (as it was in manual page), >> > that interrupts the kognitive flow of reading. >> > >> > HEAD, HEAD^, HEAD~2 >> > >> >> I still would prefer to teach people HEAD^ earlier. If you _REALLY_ >> insist, I can live with spelling the HEAD~2 as HEAD^^ for >> consistency. > > Well I am a new user to git and I didn't find the mixed notation > confusing at all. Perhaps this is because I read the tutorial first, > then the git user manual which both explain this clearly. Naturally one's learning path is naturally different. Did you come from other SCM/VCS before intorduced to git? > In either case I think eliminating either notation from the man pages is > a bad idea. That was not proposed. There a mnay pages that use and shoudl use the ^ notations. I was proposing that only (git-COMMAND) were dealt with. After all, the ^ very differento to what other SCM/VCSs use. Jari -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines - 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
