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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 43a86fa562..fd4f4e26c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -122,19 +122,27 @@ again. Equivalent forms are `--min-parents=0` (any commit has 0 or more parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit). --first-parent:: - Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge - commit. This option can give a better overview when - viewing the evolution of a particular topic branch, - because merges into a topic branch tend to be only about - adjusting to updated upstream from time to time, and - this option allows you to ignore the individual commits - brought in to your history by such a merge. + When finding commits to include, follow only the first + parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. This option + can give a better overview when viewing the evolution of + a particular topic branch, because merges into a topic + branch tend to be only about adjusting to updated upstream + from time to time, and this option allows you to ignore + the individual commits brought in to your history by such + a merge. ifdef::git-log[] + This option also changes default diff format for merge commits to `first-parent`, see `--diff-merges=first-parent` for details. endif::git-log[] +--exclude-first-parent-only:: + When finding commits to exclude (with a '{caret}'), follow only + the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. + This can be used to find the set of changes in a topic branch + from the point where it diverged from the remote branch, given + that arbitrary merges can be valid topic branch changes. + --not:: Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack thereof) for all following revision specifiers, up to the next `--not`. |