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[PATCH] git-show-branch.txt: document --date-order option

From
Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Date
May 23, 2009, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID
<1243116860-25812-1-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
Copy the description of date-order from rev-list-options.txt, and then
reword it to be commit specific. While we're at it, put <rev> <glob>...
on a new line to not exceed 80 characters.
---
 Documentation/git-show-branch.txt |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index edd8f64..a68c3d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
+'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
+		[--current] [--color | --no-color
 		[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
-		[--color | --no-color]
-		[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
+		[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
+		[<rev> | <glob>]...
 'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ OPTIONS
         appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
         are shown before their parents).
 
+--date-order::
+	This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no
+	parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits
+	are ordered according to their commit date.
+
 --sparse::
 	By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
 	from only one tip being shown.  This option makes them
-- 
1.6.3.1.145.gb74d77
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  1. git-show-branch.txt: document --date-order optionStephen Boyd, May 23, 2009

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