;^!</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>
</dl>
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<p>Here are a handful of examples:</p>
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<pre>D                G H D
D F              G H I J D F
^G D             H D
^D B             E I J F B
B..C         