git-rev-list.txt: fix Asciidoc syntax

Using '{caret}' inside double quotes and immediately following with a
single quoted word does not create the desired output: '<commit1>'
appears verbatim instead of being emphasized.

Use a litteral caret ('^') instead.

Also, remove the leading tabs in shell examples to bring them more in
line with the rest of the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Philippe Blain 2020-07-09 02:16:45 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent f5d9e91ea0
commit 8560723266

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@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ to further limit the result.
Thus, the following command:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-list foo bar ^baz
$ git rev-list foo bar ^baz
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
means "list all the commits which are reachable from 'foo' or 'bar', but
not from 'baz'".
A special notation "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" can be used as a
short-hand for "{caret}'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of
short-hand for "^'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of
the following may be used interchangeably:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-list origin..HEAD
$ git rev-list HEAD ^origin
$ git rev-list origin..HEAD
$ git rev-list HEAD ^origin
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Another special notation is "'<commit1>'...'<commit2>'" which is useful
@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ for merges. The resulting set of commits is the symmetric difference
between the two operands. The following two commands are equivalent:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-list A B --not $(git merge-base --all A B)
$ git rev-list A...B
$ git rev-list A B --not $(git merge-base --all A B)
$ git rev-list A...B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
'rev-list' is a very essential Git command, since it