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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0e6ff31823..771a3565bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -23,19 +24,20 @@ each commit introduces are shown.
OPTIONS
-------
-:git-log: 1
-include::diff-options.txt[]
-
-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.
+ Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
<since>..<until>::
Show only commits between the named two commits. When
either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
`HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
- and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
- linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+ and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
+
+--follow::
+ Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
+ (works only for a single file).
--no-decorate::
--decorate[=short|full|no]::
@@ -55,9 +57,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
-
---follow::
- Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies.
++
+Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
+produced by --stat etc.
--log-size::
Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
@@ -67,16 +69,24 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
its size is not included.
[\--] <path>...::
- Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
- prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
- to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
- refnames.
-
+ Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
+ that match the specified paths came to be. See "History
+ Simplification" below for details and other simplification
+ modes.
++
+To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to
+be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames.
include::rev-list-options.txt[]
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+Common diff options
+-------------------
+
+:git-log: 1
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
Examples
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
- any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+ any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
origin doesn't).
git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
@@ -172,17 +182,9 @@ May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
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-standard-notes` option,
+This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option,
overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
-and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option.
GIT
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