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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-06-02 16:00:44 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-06-02 16:00:44 -0700
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Merge branch 'tr/line-log'
* tr/line-log: git-log(1): remove --full-line-diff description line-log: fix documentation formatting log -L: improve comments in process_all_files() log -L: store the path instead of a diff_filespec log -L: test merge of parallel modify/rename t4211: pass -M to 'git log -M -L...' test log -L: fix overlapping input ranges log -L: check range set invariants when we look it up Speed up log -L... -M log -L: :pattern:file syntax to find by funcname Implement line-history search (git log -L) Export rewrite_parents() for 'log -L' Refactor parse_loc
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@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ produced by --stat etc.
Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
its size is not included.
+-L <start>,<end>:<file>, -L :<regex>:<file>::
+
+ Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
+ (or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may
+ not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
+ a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+ You can specify this option more than once.
++
+<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+
+include::line-range-format.txt[]
+
<revision range>::
Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no
<revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
@@ -140,6 +153,11 @@ Examples
This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
+git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c::
+
+ Shows how the function `main()` in the file 'main.c' evolved
+ over time.
+
`git log -3`::
Limits the number of commits to show to 3.