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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt13
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 13a3998302..9cac0886cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ OPTIONS
Show only commits between the named two commits.
+Examples
+--------
+git log --no-merges::
+
+ Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
+
+git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+ Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
+ in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+ Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+ The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+ 'gitk'
+
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
index e6f57d9bc1..6c150b0264 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ OPTIONS
However, it is not very useful in general, although it
*is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
+Examples
+--------
+git-whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+ Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
+ any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git-whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+ Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+ The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+ 'gitk'
+
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index e5ef6d6f47..eb126d7a4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ OPTIONS
Some argument not yet documented.
+Examples
+--------
+gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+ Show as the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
+ file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+gitk --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+ Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+ The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+ 'gitk'
+
Author
------
Written by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>