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@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ OPTIONS
(works only for a single file).
--no-decorate::
---decorate[=short|full|no]::
+--decorate[=short|full|auto|no]::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
- full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
- is 'short'.
+ full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is
+ specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names
+ are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are
+ shown. The default option is 'short'.
--source::
Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
@@ -62,9 +64,9 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
-L <start>,<end>:<file>::
--L :<regex>:<file>::
+-L :<funcname>:<file>::
Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
- (or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may
+ (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.
@@ -184,18 +186,28 @@ log.date::
`--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
-log.showroot::
+log.follow::
+ If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
+ a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
+ i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
+ on non-linear history.
+
+log.showRoot::
If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
`git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
The default is `true`.
+log.showSignature::
+ If `true`, `git log` and related commands will act as if the
+ `--show-signature` option was passed to them.
+
mailmap.*::
See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
notes.displayRef::
Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
- or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+ or `GIT_NOTES_REF`, to read notes from when showing commit
messages with the `log` family of commands. See
linkgit:git-notes[1].
+
@@ -204,7 +216,7 @@ multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
+
This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option,
-overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
+overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` environment variable,
and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option.
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