From: Pranit Bauva Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:44:09 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2] rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse Message-ID: <010201576d63f422-abe45938-0da1-4fc0-b0e7-3e552b59d10a-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> In-Reply-To: <010201576bfb6c7d-0b68228f-9503-4dd1-9721-713477fa2596-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> Specify even more clearly that --reverse works only with the commits which are chosen to be shown so as to eliminate the confusion as to whether the first n or the last n commits with be shown when used with `-n --reverse`. Reported-by: Ruediger Meier Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva --- Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 7e462d3..5da7cf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -657,8 +657,9 @@ avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed together. --reverse:: - Output the commits in reverse order. - Cannot be combined with `--walk-reflogs`. + Output the commits chosen to be shown (see Commit Limiting + section above) in reverse order. Cannot be combined with + `--walk-reflogs`. Object Traversal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/296