Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)

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* Sun 2008-02-03 Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@xxxxxxxxx>
* Message-Id: 20080203193024.GV29522@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ^-syntax is very natural to specify the _previous_ commit. Have you
> notice we usually say "previous", not "one commit before"?

Only if you're grown with git. Everywhere else the concept of HEAD or
TIP is more natural, thus progression:

    HEAD, HEAD~1, HEAD~2

Jari

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