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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index b406bc4c48..bed09bb09e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments.
- You can specify this option more than once.
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
+ You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
+ Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
+ (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
+ `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
+
include::line-range-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 1eabb0aaf3..c653ebb6a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -105,8 +105,12 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments.
- You can specify this option more than once.
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
+ You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
+ Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
+ (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
+ `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
+
*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands
this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument. Do