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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 6a4b6355ba..84e34b1aba 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ excluded from the output. + For example, `--cherry-pick --right-only A...B` omits those commits from `B` which are in `A` or are patch-equivalent to a commit in -`A`. In other words, this lists the `{plus}` commits from `git cherry A B`. +`A`. In other words, this lists the `+` commits from `git cherry A B`. More precisely, `--cherry-pick --right-only --no-merges` gives the exact list. @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ The effect of this is best shown by way of comparing to `---------' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + -Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\--full-history': +Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '--full-history': + -- * `N`'s parent list had `I` removed, because it is an ancestor of the @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ of course). When we want to find out what commits in `M` are contaminated with the bug introduced by `D` and need fixing, however, we might want to view only the subset of 'D..M' that are actually descendants of `D`, i.e. -excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '\--ancestry-path' +excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '--ancestry-path' option does. Applied to the 'D..M' range, it results in: + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of git repositories. --no-walk:: Only show the given revs, but do not traverse their ancestors. + This has no effect if a range is specified. --do-walk:: |