`git-diff-\*`).
--not::
- When showing object names, prefix them with '^' and
- strip '^' prefix from the object names that already have
+ When showing object names, prefix them with '{caret}' and
+ strip '{caret}' prefix from the object names that already have
one.
--symbolic::
Usually the object names are output in SHA1 form (with
- possible '^' prefix); this option makes them output in a
+ possible '{caret}' prefix); this option makes them output in a
form as close to the original input as possible.
happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can
explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell GIT which one you mean.
-* A suffix '^' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
- that commit object. '^<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
- 'rev^'
- is equivalent to 'rev^1'). As a special rule,
- 'rev^0' means the commit itself and is used when 'rev' is the
+* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
+ that commit object. '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
+ 'rev{caret}'
+ is equivalent to 'rev{caret}1'). As a special rule,
+ 'rev{caret}0' means the commit itself and is used when 'rev' is the
object name of a tag object that refers to a commit object.
* A suffix '~<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit
object that is the <n>th generation grand-parent of the named
commit object, following only the first parent. I.e. rev~3 is
- equivalent to rev^^^ which is equivalent to rev^1^1^1.
+ equivalent to rev{caret}{caret}{caret} which is equivalent to\
+ rev{caret}1{caret}1{caret}1.
-'git-rev-parse' also accepts a prefix '^' to revision parameter,
+'git-rev-parse' also accepts a prefix '{caret}' to revision parameter,
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 '^r1 r2'
+between them. I.e. 'r1..r2' is equivalent to saying '{caret}r1 r2'
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