# [PATCH] Document gitk --argscmd flag.

1 messages from 2008-08-28 to 2008-08-28. Participants: Yann Dirson.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15263

## Yann Dirson, 2008-08-28 22:00

Subject: [PATCH] Document gitk --argscmd flag.
Message-ID: <20080828220027.17395.91997.stgit@gandelf.nowhere.earth>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080828220027.17395.91997.stgit%40gandelf.nowhere.earth

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This was part of my original patch, but appears to have been lost.

Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
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 Documentation/gitk.txt |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 6e827cd..ae29a00 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ frequently used options.
 	the history between two branches (i.e. the HEAD and the MERGE_HEAD)
 	that modify the conflicted files.
 
+--argscmd=<command>::
+	Command to be run each time gitk has to determine the list of
+	<revs> to show.  The command is expected to print on its standard
+	output a list of additional revs to be shown, one per line.
+	Use this instead of explicitly specifying <revs> if the set of
+	commits to show may vary between refreshes.
+
 <revs>::
 
 	Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision

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