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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/line-range-options.txt15
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 2b8ac5ff88..dd189a353a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -77,20 +77,7 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
--L <start>,<end>:<file>::
--L :<funcname>:<file>::
- Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
- (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
- not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
- a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
- <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
- You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
- Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
- (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
- `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
-+
-include::line-range-format.txt[]
+include::line-range-options.txt[]
<revision range>::
Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index c653ebb6a8..d50e9ed10e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -98,25 +98,7 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
(See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more
detailed explanation.)
--L<start>,<end>:<file>::
--L:<funcname>:<file>::
-
- Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
- (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
- not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
- a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
- <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
- You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
- Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
- (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
- `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
-+
-*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands
-this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument. Do
-*not* put a space after `-L`.
-+
-include::line-range-format.txt[]
+include::line-range-options.txt[]
<revision range>::
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-options.txt b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..266263f6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-L<start>,<end>:<file>::
+-L:<funcname>:<file>::
+
+ Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
+ (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
+ not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
+ a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
+ You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
+ Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
+ (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
+ `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
++
+include::line-range-format.txt[]