Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / rev-list-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 9cd677105df1324cfa760e42f10b2629f5eb6962..be847217814690f08f5ffeb8f4d508d0abfacf15 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
 --date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}::
 
        Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
-       as when using "--pretty".
+       as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default
+       value for log command's --date option.
 +
 `--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
 e.g. "2 hours ago".
@@ -33,17 +34,25 @@ format, often found in E-mail messages.
 `--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone
 (either committer's or author's).
 
+ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --header::
 
        Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each record is
        separated with a NUL character.
+endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --parents::
 
        Print the parents of the commit.
 
+--children::
+
+       Print the children of the commit.
+
+ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --timestamp::
        Print the raw commit timestamp.
+endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --left-right::
 
@@ -75,6 +84,16 @@ you would get an output line this:
        -xxxxxxx... 1st on a
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+--graph::
+
+       Draw a text-based graphical representation of the commit history
+       on the left hand side of the output.  This may cause extra lines
+       to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history
+       to be drawn properly.
++
+This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the
+'--date-order' option may also be specified.
+
 Diff Formatting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -93,9 +112,9 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options.
 --cc::
 
        This flag implies the '-c' options and further compresses the
-       patch output by omitting hunks that show differences from only
-       one parent, or show the same change from all but one parent for
-       an Octopus merge.
+       patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in
+       the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks
+       one of them without modification.
 
 -r::
 
@@ -114,7 +133,8 @@ limiting may be applied.
 
 --
 
--n 'number', --max-count='number'::
+-n 'number'::
+--max-count='number'::
 
        Limit the number of commits output.
 
@@ -122,21 +142,25 @@ limiting may be applied.
 
        Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output.
 
---since='date', --after='date'::
+--since='date'::
+--after='date'::
 
        Show commits more recent than a specific date.
 
---until='date', --before='date'::
+--until='date'::
+--before='date'::
 
        Show commits older than a specific date.
 
 ifdef::git-rev-list[]
---max-age='timestamp', --min-age='timestamp'::
+--max-age='timestamp'::
+--min-age='timestamp'::
 
        Limit the commits output to specified time range.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
---author='pattern', --committer='pattern'::
+--author='pattern'::
+--committer='pattern'::
 
        Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
        header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression).
@@ -146,16 +170,19 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
        Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
        matches the specified pattern (regular expression).
 
--i, --regexp-ignore-case::
+-i::
+--regexp-ignore-case::
 
        Match the regexp limiting patterns without regard to letters case.
 
--E, --extended-regexp::
+-E::
+--extended-regexp::
 
        Consider the limiting patterns to be extended regular expressions
        instead of the default basic regular expressions.
 
--F, --fixed-strings::
+-F::
+--fixed-strings::
 
        Consider the limiting patterns to be fixed strings (don't interpret
        pattern as a regular expression).
@@ -195,6 +222,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
        Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are listed on the
        command line as '<commit>'.
 
+ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --stdin::
 
        In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command
@@ -207,6 +235,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
        test the exit status to see if a range of objects is fully
        connected (or not).  It is faster than redirecting stdout
        to /dev/null as the output does not have to be formatted.
+endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --cherry-pick::
 
@@ -222,7 +251,8 @@ from the other branch (for example, "3rd on b" may be cherry-picked
 from branch A).  With this option, such pairs of commits are
 excluded from the output.
 
--g, --walk-reflogs::
+-g::
+--walk-reflogs::
 
        Instead of walking the commit ancestry chain, walk
        reflog entries from the most recent one to older ones.
@@ -234,11 +264,10 @@ With '\--pretty' format other than oneline (for obvious reasons),
 this causes the output to have two extra lines of information
 taken from the reflog.  By default, 'commit@\{Nth}' notation is
 used in the output.  When the starting commit is specified as
-'commit@{now}', output also uses 'commit@\{timestamp}' notation
+'commit@\{now}', output also uses 'commit@\{timestamp}' notation
 instead.  Under '\--pretty=oneline', the commit message is
 prefixed with this information on the same line.
-
-Cannot be combined with '\--reverse'.
+This option cannot be combined with '\--reverse'.
 See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
 
 --merge::
@@ -251,7 +280,8 @@ See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
        Output uninteresting commits at the boundary, which are usually
        not shown.
 
---dense, --sparse::
+--dense::
+--sparse::
 
 When optional paths are given, the default behaviour ('--dense') is to
 only output commits that changes at least one of them, and also ignore