From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francis Irving Subject: Documentation for "git log --all" incorrect Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:34 +0000 Message-ID: <20141029115134.GA33348@bat.dot-bit.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 29 13:24:26 2014 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 1XjSIb-0004ew-Om for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:24:26 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932767AbaJ2MYT (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:24:19 -0400 Received: from balrog.mythic-beasts.com ([93.93.130.6]:43439 "EHLO balrog.mythic-beasts.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932585AbaJ2MYS (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:24:18 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1959 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:24:18 EDT Received: from [93.93.130.49] (port=44088 helo=sphinx.mythic-beasts.com) by balrog.mythic-beasts.com with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XjRmr-0000zN-Ly for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:37 +0000 Received: from secure.pacec.co.uk ([93.93.130.55]:47385 helo=bat.localdomain) by sphinx.mythic-beasts.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1XjRmq-0008VY-21 for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:37 +0000 Received: by bat.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 502) id 2040552AF39C; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:35 +0000 (GMT) Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Mythic-Sender-Verify: + host 64.233.166.27 accepted RCPT TO with '250 2.1.5 OK fd5si6216464wib.95 - gsmtp' X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 X-BlackCat-Spam-Score: -11 Received-SPF: softfail (secure.pacec.co.uk: transitioning domain of francis@scraperwiki.com does not designate 93.93.130.55 as permitted sender) client-ip=93.93.130.55 envelope-from=francis@scraperwiki.com helo=bat.localdomain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The help for "git log --all" says: --all Pretend as if all the refs in refs/ are listed on the command line as . This makes no sense, as is not a documented valid command line parameter. These are the documented parameters: SYNOPSIS git log [] [] [[--] ...] Even if it means , which is my best guess, it still makes no sense as cannot be a list of many refs. I suspect both the documentation for "--all" and the documentation for the basic options are either incorrect, or confusing by using multiple names for the same thing. I'm using git 1.9.2 Francis