From 2be8fd085e865097fa0908fe1a94c8edf9cde7f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:52:44 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Illustration: "Commit DAG Revision Naming" Jon Loeliger's ASCII art in the git-rev-parse(1) manual. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index dfe21391aa..431b8f6e06 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -132,6 +132,32 @@ which is passed to 'git-rev-list'. Two revision parameters concatenated with '..' is a short-hand for writing a range between them. I.e. 'r1..r2' is equivalent to saying '{caret}r1 r2' +Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both node B and C are +a commit parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered +left-to-right. + + G H I J + \ / \ / + D E F + \ | / + \ | / + \|/ + B C + \ / + \ / + A + + A = = A^0 + B = A^ = A^1 = A~1 + C = A^2 = A^2 + D = A^^ = A^1^1 = A~2 + E = B^2 = A^^2 + F = B^3 = A^^3 + G = A^^^ = A^1^1^1 = A~3 + H = D^2 = B^^2 = A^^^2 = A~2^2 + I = F^ = B^3^ = A^^3^ + J = F^2 = B^3^2 = A^^3^2 + Author ------ -- 2.11.4.GIT