[PATCH] log: Update log.follow doc and add to config.txt
- From
Eric N. Vander Weele <ericvw@gmail.com>
- Date
- Oct 7, 2015, 01:14 UTC
- Message-ID
- <1444180473-8518-1-git-send-email-ericvw@gmail.com>
Documentation/config.txt does not include the documentation for log.follow that is in Documentation/git-log.txt. This commit adds the log.follow documentation to config.txt and also updates the wording to be consistent with the format that is followed by other boolean configuration variables.
Signed-off-by: Eric N. Vander Weele <ericvw@gmail.com> --- Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++++ Documentation/git-log.txt | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 4d3cb10..391a0c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1838,6 +1838,12 @@ log.decorate:: specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option. +log.follow:: + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. + log.showRoot:: If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree. diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 97b9993..03f9580 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ log.date:: dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. log.follow:: - If a single <path> is given to git log, it will act as - if the `--follow` option was also used. This has the same - limitations as `--follow`, i.e. it cannot be used to follow - multiple files and does not work well on non-linear history. + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. log.showRoot:: If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
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