Re: [PATCH v5 01/12] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently
Jakub Narębski writes: >> --left-right:: >> -Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from. >> +Mark which side of a symmetric difference a commit is reachable from. >> Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from >> the right with `>`. If combined with `--boundary`, those >> commits are prefixed with `-`. > > That's very nice that two^W three related options, namely --left-only, > --right-only and --left-right now use the same notation. > > I guess that "symmetric range" was to mean "symmetric difference range". By "symmetric difference", we mean a "set difference" operation that is symmetric. Contrasting with asymmetric difference that gives a set of elements that belong to set A but do not belong to set B (i.e. B..A), symmetric difference of set A and set B gives a set of elements that belong to either set A alone or set B alone but not both (i.e. A...B). So if you really want a fully spelled name, we would not want to call it with a name with "range". It is "symmetric set difference", and "symmetric difference" in the updated sentence is a short-hand for that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH v5 01/12] doc: use 'symmetric difference' consistently
W dniu 11.08.2016 o 23:50, Philip Oakley pisze: > diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > index 4f009d4..6dc0bb0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt > @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ excluded from the output. > > --left-only:: > --right-only:: > - List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric range, > + List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric difference, > i.e. only those which would be marked `<` resp. `>` by > `--left-right`. > + > @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] > endif::git-rev-list[] > > --left-right:: > - Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from. > + Mark which side of a symmetric difference a commit is reachable from. > Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from > the right with `>`. If combined with `--boundary`, those > commits are prefixed with `-`. That's very nice that two^W three related options, namely --left-only, --right-only and --left-right now use the same notation. I guess that "symmetric range" was to mean "symmetric difference range". Best, -- Jakub Narębski -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
