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[PATCH 02/11] Document git log --full-diff

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2007, 19:03 UTC
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Based on description of commit 477f2b41310c4b1040a9e7f72720b9c39d82caf9 "git log --full-diff" adding this option.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-log.txt |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index c072441..7adcdef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
 --decorate::
 	Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
 
+--full-diff::
+	Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that
+	touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
+	paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
+	the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only
+	commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
+
 <paths>...::
 	Show only commits that affect the specified paths.
 

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  1. 00/11 Document missing optionsJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  2. 01/11 Use tabs for indenting definition list for options in git-log.txtJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  3. 02/11 Document git log --full-diffJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  4. 03/11 Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty optionJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  5. 04/11 Document that '--message=<msg>' is long version of '-m <msg>'Jakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  6. 05/11 Document that '--no-checkout' is long version of '-n' option of git-cloneJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  7. 06/11 Document git rev-list --timestampJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  8. 07/11 Document git rev-list --full-historyJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  9. 08/11 Document git rev-parse --is-inside-git-dirJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  10. 09/11 Document git read-tree --trivialJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  11. 10/11 Document git reflog --stale-fixJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  12. 11/11 Document git commit --untracked-files and --verboseJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2007
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 16, 2007

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