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@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ Finally, the list of matching commits is shown in the order of the
second commit range, with unmatched commits being inserted just after
all of their ancestors have been shown.
+There are three ways to specify the commit ranges:
+
+- `<range1> <range2>`: Either commit range can be of the form
+ `<base>..<rev>`, `<rev>^!` or `<rev>^-<n>`. See `SPECIFYING RANGES`
+ in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for more details.
+
+- `<rev1>...<rev2>`. This is equivalent to
+ `<rev2>..<rev1> <rev1>..<rev2>`.
+
+- `<base> <rev1> <rev2>`: This is equivalent to `<base>..<rev1>
+ <base>..<rev2>`.
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