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diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt index 829676ff98..9b51e9fb66 100644 --- a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt @@ -1,30 +1,32 @@ -<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]). |