From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:50:50 GMT Subject: [PATCH 5/7] git-log.txt: generalize .. Message-ID: <1366534252-12099-6-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1366534252-12099-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> '..' is misleading, as there are many other forms that 'git log' can accept as an argument. Replace it with , referring to the section "Specifying Ranges" in revisions.txt, and rewrite the section appropriately. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra --- 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' [] [..] [[\--] ...] +'git log' [] [] [[\--] ...] 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. -..:: - Show only commits between the named two commits. When - either or is omitted, it defaults to - `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. - For a more complete list of ways to spell - and , see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. +:: + Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no + 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 + , see the "Specifying Ranges" section of + linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [\--] ...:: Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files -- 1.8.2.1.501.gd2949c7