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git-rev-list.txt: tweak wording in set operations

Tweak a sentence to make it a little more readable.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Philippe Blain 5 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ given commit(s), but exclude commits that are reachable from the one(s) @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ given commit(s), but exclude commits that are reachable from the one(s)
given with a '{caret}' in front of them. The output is given in reverse
chronological order by default.

You can think of this as a set operation. Commits given on the command
line form a set of commits that are reachable from any of them, and then
commits reachable from any of the ones given with '{caret}' in front are
subtracted from that set. The remaining commits are what comes out in the
command's output. Various other options and paths parameters can be used
to further limit the result.
You can think of this as a set operation. Commits reachable from any of
the commits given on the command line form a set, and then commits reachable
from any of the ones given with '{caret}' in front are subtracted from that
set. The remaining commits are what comes out in the command's output.
Various other options and paths parameters can be used to further limit the
result.

Thus, the following command:


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