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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 6e65c5aa32..97b9993ee8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -184,7 +184,13 @@ 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 a single <path> is given to git log, it will act as + if the `--follow` option was also used. 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. |