[PATCH v4 18/18] Document line history browser
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Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
- Date
- Aug 5, 2010, 16:11 UTC
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- <1281024717-7855-19-git-send-email-struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
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- <1281024717-7855-1-git-send-email-struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
Both 'git log' and 'git blame' support the same format of '-L' arguments, so we refactor its description into a new file.
And it is possible to use more than one '-L' option for each path.
Signed-off-by: Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com> --- Documentation/blame-options.txt | 19 +------------------ Documentation/git-log.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ Documentation/line-range-format.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/line-range-format.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 16e3c68..3526835 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -13,24 +13,7 @@ Annotate only the given line range. <start> and <end> can take one of these forms: - - number -+ -If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an -absolute line number (lines count from 1). -+ - -- /regex/ -+ -This form will use the first line matching the given -POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search -starting at the line given by <start>. -+ - -- +offset or -offset -+ -This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number -of lines before or after the line given by <start>. -+ +include::line-range-format.txt[] -l:: Show long rev (Default: off). diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index e970664..6f712e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] +'git log' [<options>] -L n,m <path> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes each commit introduces are shown. +With '-L' option, the command will help to trace the history of user specified +line ranges. It can trace multiple ranges coming from multiple files. + OPTIONS ------- @@ -63,6 +67,17 @@ OPTIONS Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown its size is not included. +-L <start>,<end>:: + The line range. <start> and <end> can take one of these forms: + +include::line-range-format.txt[] +You can also specify this option more than once before each path. + + +--full-line-diff:: + Always print the interesting range even if the current commit + does not change any line of the range. + [\--] <path>...:: Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..265bc23 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +- number ++ +If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an +absolute line number (lines count from 1). ++ + +- /regex/ ++ +This form will use the first line matching the given +POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search +starting at the line given by <start>. ++ + +- +offset or -offset ++ +This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number +of lines before or after the line given by <start>. ++
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