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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 6720ff3bbe..5267ee1937 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -252,10 +252,25 @@ list. + With `--pretty` format other than `oneline` (for obvious reasons), this causes the output to have two extra lines of information -taken from the reflog. By default, `ref@{Nth}` notation is -used in the output. When the starting commit is specified as -`ref@{now}`, output also uses `ref@{timestamp}` notation -instead. Under `--pretty=oneline`, the commit message is +taken from the reflog. The reflog designator in the output may be shown +as `ref@{Nth}` (where `Nth` is the reverse-chronological index in the +reflog) or as `ref@{timestamp}` (with the timestamp for that entry), +depending on a few rules: ++ +-- +1. If the starting point is specified as `ref@{Nth}`, show the index +format. ++ +2. If the starting point was specified as `ref@{now}`, show the +timestamp format. ++ +3. If neither was used, but `--date` was given on the command line, show +the timestamp in the format requested by `--date`. ++ +4. Otherwise, show the index format. +-- ++ +Under `--pretty=oneline`, the commit message is prefixed with this information on the same line. This option cannot be combined with `--reverse`. See also linkgit:git-reflog[1]. |