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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index 8492aeacf1..7fe2d2247b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-reflog - Manage reflog information SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git reflog' <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION @@ -16,19 +17,17 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: [verse] -git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose] +'git reflog expire' [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose] [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>... - -git reflog delete ref@\{specifier\}... - -git reflog [show] [log-options] [<ref>] +'git reflog delete' ref@\{specifier\}... +'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. 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 +`expire-unreachable` time and not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1]. @@ -36,17 +35,17 @@ 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 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'; +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 +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:gitrevisions[7] 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\}''). +and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete master@{2}`"). OPTIONS @@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ them. which in turn defaults to 90 days. --expire-unreachable=<time>:: - Entries older than this time and are not reachable from + Entries older than this time and not reachable from the current tip of the branch are pruned. Without the option it is taken from configuration `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults to @@ -92,14 +91,6 @@ them. --verbose:: Print extra information on screen. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |