Merge branch 'dk/version-gen-gitdir'

diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index a8ff691492927eef2f31d889f7bd20b4e60e7a91..09896a37b1a7b735b0defc9d2c7eb2a14cc713ab 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file.
 While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is preferred as
 some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8.
 
+'@'::
+  '@' alone is a shortcut for 'HEAD'.
+
 '<refname>@\{<date>\}', e.g. 'master@\{yesterday\}', 'HEAD@\{5 minutes ago\}'::
   A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification
   enclosed in a brace
@@ -244,11 +247,13 @@ 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