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Re: how to display file history?

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 15, 2006, 16:45 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605150944200.3866@g5.osdl.org>
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On Mon, 15 May 2006, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Having it documented in the man pages (i.e. the reference
> documentation) which is where people look to check up on the fine
> points of a command is more likely to matter.
Somehow I really doubt that.
Check out the current man-page for "git log" or "git whatchanged".
In particular, check the "examples" section.
Yes, it's right there. And no, people apparently don't read the man-pages.
		Linus
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