Merge branch 'tr/rfc-reset-doc' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / git-log.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0e39bb61eebfce5d1bff032c65bf04bb77f8ce62..c213bdbdc500b1117805bc84cb2a0f31eeff3bcd 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ each commit introduces are shown.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
-:git-log: 1
-include::diff-options.txt[]
-
 -<n>::
        Limits the number of commits to show.
 
@@ -34,10 +31,14 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
        `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
        For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
-       and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
-       linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+       and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
 
---decorate[=short|full]::
+--follow::
+       Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
+       (works only for a single file).
+
+--no-decorate::
+--decorate[=short|full|no]::
        Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
        specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
        'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
        the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
        commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
-
---follow::
-       Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
++
+Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
+produced by --stat etc.
 
 --log-size::
        Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
        refnames.
 
+Common diff options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:git-log: 1
+include::diff-options.txt[]
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
 
@@ -118,11 +124,62 @@ git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
        Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
        repository master branches.
 
+git log -p -m --first-parent::
+
+       Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
+       "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
+       branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
+       This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
+       topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
+
+
 Discussion
 ----------
 
 include::i18n.txt[]
 
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
+for settings related to diff generation.
+
+format.pretty::
+       Default for the `--format` option.  (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
+       Defaults to "medium".
+
+i18n.logOutputEncoding::
+       Encoding to use when displaying logs.  (See "Discussion", above.)
+       Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
+       otherwise.
+
+log.date::
+       Default format for human-readable dates.  (Compare the
+       `--date` option.)  Defaults to "default", which means to write
+       dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
+
+log.showroot::
+       If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
+       initial commit as a big creation event.  Any root commits in
+       `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
+       The default is `true`.
+
+mailmap.file::
+       See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
+
+notes.displayRef::
+       Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
+       or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+       messages with the 'log' family of commands.  See
+       linkgit:git-notes[1].
++
+May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
+multiple times.  A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
+but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
++
+This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
+overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
+and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
 
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