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authorLibravatar Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2008-10-01 08:56:36 -0700
committerLibravatar Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2008-10-01 08:56:36 -0700
commit5e22e21769454857e00bc55be1f2eef8d873ba72 (patch)
tree687bc5971a302f01f6ef5f192ad18c59d590ad3f /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'maint' (diff)
parentImprove git-log documentation wrt file filters (diff)
downloadtgif-5e22e21769454857e00bc55be1f2eef8d873ba72.tar.xz
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: Improve git-log documentation wrt file filters Documentation: remove '\' in front of short options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt6
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0446bad7e5..93a2a227c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git log' <option>...
+'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
its size is not included.
-<path>...::
- Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths.
+[\--] <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.
include::rev-list-options.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index fd1de92e34..1c9cc28895 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ \--cherry-pick ]
[ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ]
[ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ]
- [ \--regexp-ignore-case | \-i ]
- [ \--extended-regexp | \-E ]
- [ \--fixed-strings | \-F ]
+ [ \--regexp-ignore-case | -i ]
+ [ \--extended-regexp | -E ]
+ [ \--fixed-strings | -F ]
[ \--date={local|relative|default|iso|rfc|short} ]
[ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
[ \--pretty | \--header ]
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 046a2a7fe7..7fefdb1f45 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ default log message, and before the editor is started.
It takes one to three parameters. The first is the name of the file
that the commit log message. The second is the source of the commit
-message, and can be: `message` (if a `\-m` or `\-F` option was
-given); `template` (if a `\-t` option was given or the
+message, and can be: `message` (if a `-m` or `-F` option was
+given); `template` (if a `-t` option was given or the
configuration option `commit.template` is set); `merge` (if the
commit is a merge or a `.git/MERGE_MSG` file exists); `squash`
(if a `.git/SQUASH_MSG` file exists); or `commit`, followed by
-a commit SHA1 (if a `\-c`, `\-C` or `\--amend` option was given).
+a commit SHA1 (if a `-c`, `-C` or `\--amend` option was given).
If the exit status is non-zero, 'git-commit' will abort.