From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Subject: [PATCH 4/7] git-log.txt: generalize .. Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:00:28 +0530 Message-ID: <1366608631-21734-5-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> References: <1366608631-21734-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> Cc: Junio C Hamano To: Git List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 22 07:30:54 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 1UU9L3-0005j7-2e for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:30:53 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752993Ab3DVFaq (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:30:46 -0400 Received: from mail-da0-f46.google.com ([209.85.210.46]:46131 "EHLO mail-da0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752954Ab3DVFao (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:30:44 -0400 Received: by mail-da0-f46.google.com with SMTP id y19so2897558dan.33 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:30:44 -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=z73i02TCZjrD5y0+4AevXQ98ZCuSuiA2+hEBi9aVlrA=; b=im9Frm3QrtEeT3vjLiCi9aY0ymQcWRloIF0BxwGQilYMi/UMg6a/Rcx3VOIxtc/gTX BdOXrZvpF+WPHhVVbdp6TNEQUgxvXZz8/6eNVK9pE1Zh6slputTgTZ6GIrX3e3UKvqon OqAsWRsOhEtYD/cC/378bfP3oK4+UDx9x5s99wJ+n3YT7lro8mzOMJblcdZotNcQnkV6 w995W2Ueu/aGMSbicP493jL4YhHlkfpPjSPdN03vff/v5iTJLCJMjIFfqflumYahEYS2 AYvwfUBQOSU/PWbQPTB6zBqW1YsXtHp1uolDkR+Wca1/yJUno4K5aBH5cgbbYUkDvrmS hBog== X-Received: by 10.66.232.196 with SMTP id tq4mr10981093pac.167.1366608644294; Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([122.174.41.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id em2sm11144653pbb.0.2013.04.21.22.30.42 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:30:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.2.1.501.gd2949c7 In-Reply-To: <1366608631-21734-1-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..9576695 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` (i.e. the + whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` + specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit + (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. 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