CODEWITHSUNDEEP
gitsyntax
user1161545
user1161545

Reputation:

Is git dot notation in its commands a part of something more generic?

Was git double and triple dot notation (.. and ...) invented by the git guys or is it borrowed from some other place? I am just curious (and perhaps there's more fun stuff to learn waiting to be discovered :) ).

Upvotes: 3

Views: 153

Answers (1)

drrlvn
drrlvn

Reputation: 8437

The double dot (..) syntax is used in many places, for example in bash {1..3} will be expanded to 1 2 3 (this is called brace expansion). It is also used in Haskell to generate lists and in Ruby to create ranges (Ruby also supports triple dots to exclude the last element).

Upvotes: 2

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