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[PATCH v3 3/5] Documentation: add git-log --merges= option and log.merges config. var

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KKKoosha Khajehmoogahi <koosha@posteo.de>
Date
Apr 13, 2015, 15:29 UTC
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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
[kk: added documentation in git-log.txt]
Signed-off-by: Koosha Khajehmoogahi <koosha@posteo.de>
---
 Documentation/git-log.txt          |  3 +++
 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
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..88f152f 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,23 @@ if it is part of the log message.
 --remove-empty::
 	Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
 
+--merges={show|hide|only}::
+
+	Limit the output by type of commits.
+
+	`hide`;;
+		Hide merge commits from the output.
+
+	`only`;;
+		Hide non-merge commits from the output (i.e showing
+		only merge commits).
+
+	`show`;;
+		Do not hide either merge or non-merge commits. This
+		is primarily useful when the user has non-standard
+		setting of `log.merges` configuration variable that
+		needs to be overriden from the command line.
+
 --merges::
 	Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`.
 
-- 
2.3.3.263.g095251d.dirty
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Message 4 of 12 in “revision: add --merges={show|only|hide} option”
  1. 1/5 revision: add --merges={show|only|hide} optionKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 13, 2015
  2. 2/5 log: honor log.merges= optionKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 13, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2015
  4. 3/5 Documentation: add git-log --merges= option and log.merges config. varKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 13, 2015
  5. Eric SunshineApr 14, 2015
  6. Koosha KhajehmoogahiApr 15, 2015
  7. Eric SunshineApr 16, 2015
  8. 4/5 t4202-log: add tests for --merges=Koosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 13, 2015
  9. Eric SunshineApr 14, 2015
  10. 5/5 bash-completion: add support for git-log --merges= and log.mergesKoosha Khajehmoogahi, Apr 13, 2015
  11. squash! bash-completion: add support for git-log --merges= and log.mergesSZEDER Gábor, Apr 21, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015

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