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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index 7f7a5445c7..70791b9fd8 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
@@ -18,9 +19,7 @@ depending on the subcommand:
[verse]
'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>]
Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are
@@ -39,14 +38,14 @@ 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
+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: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
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS
refs.
+
This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
-has the same cost as 'git-prune'. Fortunately, once this is run, we
+has the same cost as 'git prune'. Fortunately, once this is run, we
should not have to ever worry about missing objects, because the current
prune and pack-objects know about reflogs and protect objects referred by
them.
@@ -68,14 +67,19 @@ them.
--expire=<time>::
Entries older than this time are pruned. Without the
option it is taken from configuration `gc.reflogExpire`,
- which in turn defaults to 90 days.
+ which in turn defaults to 90 days. --expire=all prunes
+ entries regardless of their age; --expire=never turns off
+ pruning of reachable entries (but see --expire-unreachable).
--expire-unreachable=<time>::
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
- 30 days.
+ 30 days. --expire-unreachable=all prunes unreachable
+ entries regardless of their age; --expire-unreachable=never
+ turns off early pruning of unreachable entries (but see
+ --expire).
--all::
Instead of listing <refs> explicitly, prune all refs.
@@ -92,14 +96,6 @@ them.
--verbose::
Print extra information on screen.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite