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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: Use uniform HEAD~N notation in all examples
From:       Junio C Hamano <gitster () pobox ! com>
Date:       2007-08-31 19:00:35
Message-ID: 7vy7frzfzg.fsf () gitster ! siamese ! dyndns ! org
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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:

> The manual mixed both caret(HEAD^) and tilde (HEAD~N) notation in
> examples. This may be xconfusing to new users. The "counting" notation
> HEAD~N likely to be grasped more easily because it allow successive
> numbering 1, 2, 3 etc.

I am mildly negative on this change.

Referring to (rather, "having to refer to" to fix mistakes) the
previous commit happens far more often than referring to an
ancestor of an arbitrary generation away (i.e. HEAD~$n).  I
think it is a better idea to expose users early on that HEAD^
notation which is shorter to type.
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