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-<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+'<start>' and '<end>' can take one of these forms:
- number
+
-If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+If '<start>' or '<end>' is a number, it specifies an
absolute line number (lines count from 1).
+
-- /regex/
+- `/regex/`
+
This form will use the first line matching the given
-POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of
+POSIX regex. If '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of
the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
-If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file.
-If <end> is a regex, it will search
-starting at the line given by <start>.
+If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file.
+If '<end>' is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by '<start>'.
+
- +offset or -offset
+
-This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
-of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
+This is only valid for '<end>' and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by '<start>'.
+
-If ``:<funcname>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it is a
+If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a
regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
-that matches <funcname>, up to the next funcname line. ``:<funcname>''
+that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
-from the start of file. ``^:<funcname>'' searches from the start of
-file.
+from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of
+file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff`
+works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header'
+in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).