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authorPhilip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>2016-08-13 00:45:19 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-08-13 19:36:44 -0700
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doc: revisions: extra clarification of <rev>^! notation effects
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ for naming a set that is formed by a commit and its parent commits.
The 'r1{caret}@' notation means all parents of 'r1'.
-'r1{caret}!' includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents.
+The 'r1{caret}!' notation includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents.
+By itself, this notation denotes the single commit 'r1'.
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