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authorDenton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>2020-10-07 00:56:16 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-10-07 09:49:05 -0700
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Doc: document "A...B" form for <tree-ish> in checkout and switch
Using "A...B" has been supported for the <tree-ish> argument for a while. However, its support has never been explicitly documented. Explicitly document it so that users know that it is available. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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If not specified, the contents are restored from `HEAD` if `--staged` is
given, otherwise from the index.
++
+As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
+merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
+leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
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