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patchrev-list-options: clarify --parents and --children

Subject: [PATCH] rev-list-options: clarify --parents and --children

## tl;dr

2 messages between Sep 30, 2010 and Sep 30, 2010. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Michael J Gruber· Sep 30, 2010, 15:31 UTC · lore

Make it clearer that --parents resp. --children list the parent resp. child commits next to each commit, so that I understand next time.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
---
 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Show changes to Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +4 −4
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index e2237ae..ebc0108 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --parents::
 
-	Print the parents of the commit.  Also enables parent
-	rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
+	Print also the parents of the commit (in the form "commit parent...").
+	Also enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
 
 --children::
 
-	Print the children of the commit.  Also enables parent
-	rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
+	Print also the children of the commit (in the form "commit child...").
+	Also enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
 
 ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --timestamp::
-- 
1.7.3.98.g5ad7d
Jonathan Nieder· Sep 30, 2010, 15:53 UTC · re: Michael J Gruber · lore

Re: [PATCH] rev-list-options: clarify --parents and --children

Michael J Gruber wrote:
> Make it clearer that --parents resp. --children list the parent resp.
> child commits next to each commit, so that I understand next time.
Nice, thanks.

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