Re: [PATCH] rev-list: make --max- and --min-age a bit more usable.

[Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> All the magic is in "git-rev-parse". Try it.

Ahhhh.  I missed that.  Thanks.

-- >8 -- cut here -- >8 --
Document --since and --until options to rev-parse.

The usability magic were hidden in the source code without being
documented, and even the maintainer did not know about them ;-).

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 099db29..8b8068c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	path of the current directory relative to the top-level
 	directory.
 
+--since=datestring, --after=datestring::
+	Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+	--max-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
+--until=datestring, --before=datestring::
+	Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+	--min-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
 <args>...::
 	Flags and parameters to be parsed.