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[PATCH v2 3/5] Documentation: add git-log --merges= option and log.merges config. var

From
KKKoosha Khajehmoogahi <koosha@posteo.de>
Date
Apr 4, 2015, 01:21 UTC
Message-ID
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Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Koosha Khajehmoogahi <koosha@posteo.de>
---
 Documentation/git-log.txt          |  3 +++
 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 18bc716..e16f0f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ log.showRoot::
 	`git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
 	The default is `true`.
 
+log.merges::
+    Default for `--merges=` option. Defaults to `show`.
+
 mailmap.*::
 	See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
 
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index f620ee4..0bb2390 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -96,12 +96,24 @@ if it is part of the log message.
 --remove-empty::
 	Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
 
+--merges={show|hide|only}::
++
+--
+`show`: show both merge and non-merge commits
+
+`hide`: only show non-merge commits; same as `--max-parents=1`
+
+`only`: only show merge commits; same as `--min-parents=2`
+
+If `--merges=` is not specified, default value is `show`.
+--
++
+
 --merges::
-	Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`.
+	Shorthand for `--merges=only`.
 
 --no-merges::
-	Do not print commits with more than one parent. This is
-	exactly the same as `--max-parents=1`.
+	Shorthand for `--merges=hide`.
 
 --min-parents=<number>::
 --max-parents=<number>::
-- 
2.3.3.263.g095251d.dirty
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Message 9 of 14 in “revision: add --merges={show|only|hide} option”
  1. 1/5 revision: add --merges={show|only|hide} optionKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 4, 2015
  2. 2/5 log: honor log.merges= optionKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 4, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2015
  4. Koosha KhajehmoogahiApr 7, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2015
  6. Koosha KhajehmoogahiApr 8, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2015
  8. Eric SunshineApr 7, 2015
  9. 3/5 Documentation: add git-log --merges= option and log.merges config. varKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 4, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2015
  11. 4/5 t4202-log: add tests for --merges=Koosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 4, 2015
  12. Eric SunshineApr 7, 2015
  13. 5/5 bash-completion: add support for git-log --merges= and log.mergesKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 4, 2015
  14. Eric SunshineApr 7, 2015

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