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| author | Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> | 2016-09-27 20:44:09 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-09-27 22:09:07 (GMT) |
| commit | 04be69478fda74fbce91a6775e5b5946c3cde61e (patch) | |
| tree | a5bd55521761d643c23ef471b6451f0db847593a /Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | |
| parent | 0b65a8dbdb38962e700ee16776a3042beb489060 (diff) | |
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rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse
Users often wonder if the oldest or the newest n commits are shown
by `log -n --reverse`. Clarify that --reverse kicks in only after
deciding which commits are to be shown to unconfuse them.
Reported-by: Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/rev-list-options.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 4f009d4..f8946d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -638,8 +638,9 @@ avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed together. --reverse:: - Output the commits in reverse order. - Cannot be combined with `--walk-reflogs`. + Output the commits chosen to be shown (see Commit Limiting + section above) in reverse order. Cannot be combined with + `--walk-reflogs`. Object Traversal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |