[PATCH 5/7] git-log.txt: generalize <since>..<until>
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
- Date
- Apr 21, 2013, 08:50 UTC
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'<since>..<until>' is misleading, as there are many other forms that 'git log' can accept as an argument. Replace it with <revision range>, referring to the section "Specifying Ranges" in revisions.txt, and rewrite the section appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> --- Documentation/git-log.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 64cc337..c238475 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] +'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[\--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ produced by --stat etc. Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown its size is not included. -<since>..<until>:: - Show only commits between the named two commits. When - either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to - `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. - For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> - and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. +<revision range>:: + Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no + <revision range> is specified, it defaults to 'HEAD' (ie. the + whole history leading to the current commit). master..HEAD + specifies all the commits reachable from 'HEAD', but not from + 'master'. For a complete list of ways to spell + <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" section of + linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [\--] <path>...:: Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
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