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[PATCH] blame-options.txt: Add default value for `-M/-C` options.

From
Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
Date
May 7, 2010, 04:51 UTC
Message-ID
<1273207917-17663-1-git-send-email-struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>

Both `-M` and `-C` have default values and the <num> argument the last `-C` option takes effect.

Signed-off-by: Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/blame-options.txt |   10 ++++++----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index d820569..16e3c68 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
 	running extra passes of inspection.
 +
 <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
-alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving
+alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving/copying
 within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
-commit.
+commit. The default value is 20.
 
 -C|<num>|::
 	In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ commit.
 	looks for copies from other files in any commit.
 +
 <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
-alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving
+alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving/copying
 between files for it to associate those lines with the parent
-commit.
+commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one
+`-C` options given, the <num> argument of the last `-C` will
+take effect.
 
 -h::
 --help::
-- 
1.6.0.4
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