From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Subject: [PATCH 5/7] git-log.txt: generalize .. Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:20:50 +0530 Message-ID: <1366534252-12099-6-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> References: <1366534252-12099-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> Cc: Junio C Hamano To: Git List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 21 10:51:19 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UTpzS-0008Hv-Pr for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:51:19 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752698Ab3DUIvM (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:51:12 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.160.53]:40611 "EHLO mail-pb0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752661Ab3DUIvJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:51:09 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id un15so196714pbc.12 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:51:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer:in-reply-to :references; bh=K3o5c76JKFm5kxJPRg1WWXJ8SINln06cv/0lybYzzWY=; b=x3bicYN6rn8ZehzPZxw60SJU4mbFJsItNadrggcS9aR4KmSi/ZF06w+9jC5u8UiIfG PKMY6q6PL/NYsqwZy7NFa+NoeG+mYlJKo2ykG8AtK1DfdSeCNvHC8FGSNpNUs651vOet dbdgaLVeQ1/QwnU979ZGxPAAanLjzAhGyMZjHw2RgxZR99qC3oVtWn/2K1JoESF2N+bT wEmhS4/qf4ntFnhNVIyGAJ07MiAUcOXLTM6eO9g1IGmX2J2bC7uY9K3p1jXDb5tLgKeg 4glvHPZvPJvrvjTd4qk0NeYb//3TC3jl5AaHHT1bXhdjQmAEL1QijwIozij10uxwmx2e bsdw== X-Received: by 10.66.154.76 with SMTP id vm12mr23204636pab.106.1366534269393; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:51:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([122.174.41.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id mm9sm20241909pbc.43.2013.04.21.01.51.07 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:51:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.2.1.501.gd2949c7 In-Reply-To: <1366534252-12099-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: '..' is misleading, as there are many other forms that 'git log' can accept as an argument. Replace it with , referring to the section "Specifying Ranges" in revisions.txt, and rewrite the section appropriately. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra --- Documentation/git-log.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 64cc337..c238475 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git log' [] [..] [[\--] ...] +'git log' [] [] [[\--] ...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ produced by --stat etc. Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown its size is not included. -..:: - Show only commits between the named two commits. When - either or is omitted, it defaults to - `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. - For a more complete list of ways to spell - and , see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. +:: + Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no + is specified, it defaults to 'HEAD' (ie. the + whole history leading to the current commit). master..HEAD + specifies all the commits reachable from 'HEAD', but not from + 'master'. For a complete list of ways to spell + , see the "Specifying Ranges" section of + linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [\--] ...:: Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files -- 1.8.2.1.501.gd2949c7