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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index a0c7ceead2..5719039841 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose] git reflog delete ref@\{specifier\}... -git reflog [show] [log-options] +git reflog [show] [log-options] [<ref>] Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are updated. This command is to manage the information recorded in it. @@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries. Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than `expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used -directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink:git-gc[1]. +directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1]. The subcommand "show" (which is also the default, in the absence of any subcommands) will take all the normal log options, and show the log of -`HEAD`, which will cover all recent actions, including branch switches. -It is basically an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit ---pretty=oneline', see gitlink:git-log[1]. +the reference provided in the command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). +The reflog will cover all recent actions (HEAD reflog records branch switching +as well). It is an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline'; +see linkgit:git-log[1]. + +The reflog is useful in various git commands, to specify the old value +of a reference. For example, `HEAD@\{2\}` means "where HEAD used to be +two moves ago", `master@\{one.week.ago\}` means "where master used to +point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] for +more details. To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete" and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. ``git reflog delete master@\{2\}''). @@ -86,4 +93,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |