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-rw-r--r--Documentation/blame-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/line-range-format.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/line-range-options.txt6
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 88750af7ae..48bf0eeec5 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
Annotate only the given line range. May be specified multiple times.
Overlapping ranges are allowed.
+
-<start> and <end> are optional. ``-L <start>'' or ``-L <start>,'' spans from
-<start> to end of file. ``-L ,<end>'' spans from start of file to <end>.
+'<start>' and '<end>' are optional. `-L <start>` or `-L <start>,` spans from
+'<start>' to end of file. `-L ,<end>` spans from start of file to '<end>'.
+
include::line-range-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
index 829676ff98..43759eef89 100644
--- a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
-<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+'<start>' and '<end>' can take one of these forms:
- number
+
-If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+If '<start>' or '<end>' is a number, it specifies an
absolute line number (lines count from 1).
+
-- /regex/
+- `/regex/`
+
This form will use the first line matching the given
-POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of
+POSIX regex. If '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of
the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
-If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file.
-If <end> is a regex, it will search
-starting at the line given by <start>.
+If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file.
+If '<end>' is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by '<start>'.
+
- +offset or -offset
+
-This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
-of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
+This is only valid for '<end>' and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by '<start>'.
+
-If ``:<funcname>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it is a
+If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a
regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
-that matches <funcname>, up to the next funcname line. ``:<funcname>''
+that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
-from the start of file. ``^:<funcname>'' searches from the start of
+from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of
file.
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-options.txt b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
index 266263f6b4..1c90127300 100644
--- a/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-L<start>,<end>:<file>::
-L:<funcname>:<file>::
- Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
- (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
+ Trace the evolution of the line range given by '<start>,<end>'
+ (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, and
- <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
+ '<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`,