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| author |  Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org> | 2010-07-07 22:14:31 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-07-08 17:00:09 -0700 |
| commit | 4ded69169b02f08eb3e097bdf068d3061c049e91 (patch) | |
| tree | 2345d1fd1668564967f4e64c45947a41f3f6df4d /Documentation | |
| parent | Git 1.7.2-rc2 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4ded69169b02f08eb3e097bdf068d3061c049e91.tar.xz | |
Reorganize `git-log' man page to clarify common diff options.
This will reduce considerably the common confusion where people miss the
`--follow' option, and wonder why `-M'/`-C' is not working.
* Move the diff options include to after the log-specific flags, and add
a "Common diff options" subtitle before them. (These options apply
only when patches are shown, which is not a common use case among
newbies, so having them first is confusing.)
* Move the `--follow' description to the top of the listed options. The
options before that seem less important: `--full-diff' applies only
when patches are shown, `--source' and `--decorate' are less useful
with many common commit specifications.
* Clarify that `--follow' works only for a single path argument.
Signed-off-by: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-log.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 0e6ff31823..c925d3675a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ each commit introduces are shown. OPTIONS ------- -:git-log: 1 -include::diff-options.txt[] - -<n>:: Limits the number of commits to show. @@ -37,6 +34,10 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +--follow:: + Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames + (works only for a single file). + --no-decorate:: --decorate[=short|full|no]:: Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is @@ -56,9 +57,6 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. ---follow:: - Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies. - --log-size:: Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to @@ -72,6 +70,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames. +Common diff options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +:git-log: 1 +include::diff-options.txt[] include::rev-list-options.txt[] |