used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+* A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification
+ enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify
+ the n-th prior value of that ref. For example 'master@\{1\}'
+ is the immediate prior value of 'master' while 'master@\{5\}'
+ is the 5th prior value of 'master'. This suffix may only be used
+ immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an existing
+ log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+
* 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}'
It it the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
`r1` or `r2` but not from both.
-Here are a few examples:
+Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit
+and its parent commits exists. `r1{caret}@` notation means all
+parents of `r1`. `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes
+its all parents.
+
+Here are a handful examples:
D A B D
D F A B C D F
- ^A G B D
+ ^A G B D
^A F B C F
G...I C D F G I
- ^B G I C D F G I
+ ^B G I C D F G I
+ F^@ A B C
+ F^! H D F H
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