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doc: fix a typo and clarify a sentence

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I noticed that git-merge-base was unlikely to actually be a git command,
and tried it in my shell. Seeing that it doesn't work, I cleaned up two
places in the docs where it appears.

Signed-off-by: Mihir Mehta <mihir@cs.utexas.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Mihir Mehta
2018-10-10 17:26:54 -05:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor
of both <commit>. "git diff A\...B" is equivalent to
"git diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one
"git diff $(git merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one
of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD instead.
Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be
Just in case you are doing something exotic, it should be
noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except
in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
<tree>.