From 3a4dc48623793aad5770f0360eca8eb83f943657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:00:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] revisions.txt: clarify the .. and ... syntax

In <rev1>..<rev2> and <rev1>...<rev2>, if either <rev1> or <rev2> is
omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'.  Add this detail to the document.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/revisions.txt | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index b0f72206a..242682af0 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ To summarize:
 
 '<rev1>..<rev2>'::
 	Include commits that are reachable from <rev2> but exclude
-	those that are reachable from <rev1>.
+	those that are reachable from <rev1>.  When either <rev1> or
+	<rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'.
 
 '<rev1>\...<rev2>'::
 	Include commits that are reachable from either <rev1> or
-	<rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both.
+	<rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both.  When
+	either <rev1> or <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'.
 
 '<rev>{caret}@', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}@'::
   A suffix '{caret}' followed by an at sign is the same as listing
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