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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 9e273bc5a6..9082fc991b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit. second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value of the ref at a prior point in time. This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an - existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). + existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state + of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local + `master` branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during + certain times, see `--since` and `--until`. * A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify @@ -298,9 +301,9 @@ It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of `r1` or `r2` but not from both. Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit -and its parent commits exists. `r1{caret}@` notation means all +and its parent commits exist. The `r1{caret}@` notation means all parents of `r1`. `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes -its all parents. +all of its parents. Here are a handful of examples: @@ -413,7 +416,7 @@ but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed. Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> . -Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> +Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> Documentation -------------- |