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Subject: [PATCH] Docs gitk: Explicitly mention -d, --date-order option

## tl;dr

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Clifford Caoile· Apr 12, 2008, 09:49 UTC · lore

gitk can show the commits in --date-order which is commits sorted by Committer Date. -d is a gitk feature, which in turn converts to --date-order, which is a git-log feature. It is useful to mention.

git-branch, a Javascript based git repo viewer, displays in --date-order.

Signed-off-by: Clifford Caoile <piyo@users.sourceforge.net>
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 Documentation/gitk.txt |    6 ++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 29edafc..d247d63 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ frequently used options.

 	Show all branches.

+-d, --date-order::
+
+	Shows commits by Committer Date order. Note that the date column is
+	Author Date, so it may appear to be out of order. If this option is
+	not set, gitk displays in --topo-order. See linkgit:git-log[1].
+
 <revs>::

 	Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision
-- 
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