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authorLibravatar Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>2008-11-10 18:58:17 +0900
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-11-12 14:23:11 -0800
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parentDocument "git log --source" (diff)
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Document "git log --simplify-by-decoration"
Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@ Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\--full-history':
removed completely, because it had one parent and is TREESAME.
--
+The '\--simplify-by-decoration' option allows you to view only the
+big picture of the topology of the history, by omitting commits
+that are not referenced by tags. Commits are marked as !TREESAME
+(in other words, kept after history simplification rules described
+above) if (1) they are referenced by tags, or (2) they change the
+contents of the paths given on the command line. All other
+commits are marked as TREESAME (subject to be simplified away).
+
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
Bisection Helpers
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