Description in revision selection in "Comparing commits" is inadequate

[tnir]

Code of Conduct

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/viewing-and-comparing-commits/comparing-commits#comparisons-across-commits

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

In this page, "Comparisons across commits" section describes ^^^^^, which is however equivalent to ~5. Also the page misses the other specification ~ itself.

Additional information

• Ancestry References (in 7.1 Git Tools - Revision Selection)

Intra-repo information

• Relevant tissue: #19184

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