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authorYann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>2010-11-12 08:48:58 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-11-17 21:16:48 (GMT)
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Document that rev-list --graph triggers parent rewriting.
This may help to understand why --graph causes more comments to be selected. Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ you would get an output like this:
to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history
to be drawn properly.
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+This enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
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This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the
'--date-order' option may also be specified.