From: Michael J Gruber Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:31:25 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/3] git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting Message-ID: <4c0ad5a9af1d18e59a7e820349a531f220cbf776.1299572814.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net> In-Reply-To: <4D75E92C.1090506@drmicha.warpmail.net> and therefore applied after commit ordering and formatting options, in particular --reverse. Say so. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber --- Documentation/git-log.txt | 1 + Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index ff41784..48c1715 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OPTIONS -:: Limits the number of commits to show. + Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below. ..:: Show only commits between the named two commits. When diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 76add13..adcafa0 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ Commit Limiting Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the special notations explained in the description, additional commit -limiting may be applied. +limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit +ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'. -- -- 1.7.4.1.299.g567d7.dirty