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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt19
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index b08dfbc3c4..415f4f0b30 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ \--sparse ]
[ \--merges ]
[ \--no-merges ]
+ [ \--min-parents=<number> ]
+ [ \--no-min-parents ]
+ [ \--max-parents=<number> ]
+ [ \--no-max-parents ]
[ \--first-parent ]
[ \--remove-empty ]
[ \--full-history ]
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 5c6850f048..ea5c6c49bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -72,11 +72,26 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
--merges::
- Print only merge commits.
+ Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`.
--no-merges::
- Do not print commits with more than one parent.
+ Do not print commits with more than one parent. This is
+ exactly the same as `--max-parents=1`.
+
+--min-parents=<number>::
+--max-parents=<number>::
+--no-min-parents::
+--no-max-parents::
+
+ Show only commits which have at least (or at most) that many
+ commits. In particular, `--max-parents=1` is the same as `--no-merges`,
+ `--min-parents=2` is the same as `--merges`. `--max-parents=0`
+ gives all root commits and `--min-parents=3` all octopus merges.
++
+`--no-min-parents` and `--no-max-parents` reset these limits (to no limit)
+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