From: Michael J Gruber Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:46:37 GMT Subject: [PATCHv3 05/11] log: document use of multiple commit limiting options Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vfw6l9x7i.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> From: Junio C Hamano Generally speaking, using more options will further narrow the selection, but there are a few exceptions. Document them. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber --- Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 1ae3c89..57d6c90 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ 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. Note that they are applied before commit +limiting may be applied. + +Using more options generally further limits the output (e.g. +"--since=" limits to commits newer than , and using it +with "--grep=" further limits to commits whose log message +has a line that match ), unless otherwise noted. + +Note that these are applied before commit ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'. -- @@ -38,16 +45,22 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --committer=:: Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer - header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression). + header lines that match the specified pattern (regular + expression). With more than one `--author=`, + commits whose author match any of the given patterns are + chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=`). --grep=:: Limit the commits output to ones with log message that - matches the specified pattern (regular expression). + matches the specified pattern (regular expression). With + more than one `--grep=`, commits whose message + match any of the given patterns are chosen (but see + `--all-match`). --all-match:: Limit the commits output to ones that match all given --grep, - --author and --committer instead of ones that match at least one. + instead of ones that match at least one. -i:: --regexp-ignore-case:: -- 1.7.12.592.g41e7905