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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-08-30 12:35:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-08-30 12:35:51 -0700 |
| commit | 4b5eac7f03f411f75087e0b6db23caa999624304 (patch) | |
| tree | 0feea1c6825ce5b4f4658aefd69debe5952409a5 | |
| parent | Update draft release notes to 1.7.7 (diff) | |
| parent | Documentation: clarify effects of -- <path> arguments (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4b5eac7f03f411f75087e0b6db23caa999624304.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
Documentation: clarify effects of -- <path> arguments
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-log.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 6c934660d7..249fc878ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -69,10 +69,13 @@ produced by --stat etc. its size is not included. [\--] <path>...:: - Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To - prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need - to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or - refnames. + Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files + that match the specified paths came to be. See "History + Simplification" below for details and other simplification + modes. ++ +To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to +be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames. include::rev-list-options.txt[] |