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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[] |