Re: [PATCH] rev-list: make --max- and --min-age a bit more usable.

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Nov 3, 2005, 07:40 UTC
Message-ID: <7v64ranpqy.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0511021908220.27915@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> All the magic is in "git-rev-parse". Try it.

Ahhhh.  I missed that.  Thanks.

-- >8 -- cut here -- >8 -- Document --since and --until options to rev-parse.

The usability magic were hidden in the source code without being documented, and even the maintainer did not know about them ;-).

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 099db29..8b8068c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	path of the current directory relative to the top-level
 	directory.
 
+--since=datestring, --after=datestring::
+	Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+	--max-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
+--until=datestring, --before=datestring::
+	Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+	--min-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
 <args>...::
 	Flags and parameters to be parsed.