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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git repository.
OPTIONS
-------
-To control which revisions to shown, the command takes options applicable to
+To control which revisions to show, the command takes options applicable to
the 'git-rev-list' command (see linkgit:git-rev-list[1]).
This manual page describes only the most
frequently used options.
@@ -47,7 +47,20 @@ frequently used options.
After an attempt to merge stops with conflicts, show the commits on
the history between two branches (i.e. the HEAD and the MERGE_HEAD)
- that modify the conflicted files.
+ that modify the conflicted files and do not exist on all the heads
+ being merged.
+
+--argscmd=<command>::
+ Command to be run each time gitk has to determine the list of
+ <revs> to show. The command is expected to print on its standard
+ output a list of additional revs to be shown, one per line.
+ Use this instead of explicitly specifying <revs> if the set of
+ commits to show may vary between refreshes.
+
+--select-commit=<ref>::
+
+ Automatically select the specified commit after loading the graph.
+ Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'.
<revs>::
@@ -61,14 +74,14 @@ frequently used options.
<path>...::
Limit commits to the ones touching files in the given paths. Note, to
- avoid ambiguity wrt. revision names use "--" to separate the paths
+ avoid ambiguity with respect to revision names use "--" to separate the paths
from any preceding options.
Examples
--------
gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
- Show as the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
+ Show the changes since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any
file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
gitk --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::