em>, e.g. <em>HEAD^!</em></dt>
<dd>
<p>A suffix <em>^</em> followed by an exclamation mark is the same
as giving commit <em>&lt;rev&gt;</em> and then all its parents prefixed with
<em>^</em> to exclude them (and their ancestors).</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><em>&lt;rev&gt;^-&lt;n&gt;</em>, e.g. <em>HEAD^-, HEAD^-2</em></dt>
<dd>
<p>Equivalent to <em>&lt;rev&gt;^&lt;n&gt;..&lt;rev&gt;</em>, with <em>&lt;n&gt;</em> = 1 if not
given.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Here are a handful of exa