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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-02-22 22:54:37 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-02-22 22:54:37 -0800 |
commit | 50f3ac29cbadbf7e0ff099b493b00cfa4129e1e0 (patch) | |
tree | 72b756b4c7d60709b7484cceeb3a1d82a18a86af /Documentation/git-reflog.txt | |
parent | cb97cc9fef60ea2ff1ce51cf575314c04488dbfd (diff) | |
parent | 4cd883d724ec36a120263d47058e65c6d1de642f (diff) | |
download | git-50f3ac29cbadbf7e0ff099b493b00cfa4129e1e0.tar.gz |
Merge branch 'bc/reflog-fix' into js/reflog-delete
* bc/reflog-fix: (1490 commits)
builtin-reflog.c: don't install new reflog on write failure
hash: fix lookup_hash semantics
gitweb: Better chopping in commit search results
builtin-tag.c: remove cruft
git-merge-index documentation: clarify synopsis
send-email: fix In-Reply-To regression
git-reset --hard and git-read-tree --reset: fix read_cache_unmerged()
Teach git-grep --name-only as synonym for -l
diff: fix java funcname pattern for solaris
t3404: use configured shell instead of /bin/sh
git_config_*: don't assume we are parsing a config file
prefix_path: use is_absolute_path() instead of *orig == '/'
git-clean: handle errors if removing files fails
Clarified the meaning of git-add -u in the documentation
git-clone.sh: properly configure remote even if remote's head is dangling
git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env
Documentation/git-stash: document options for git stash list
send-email: squelch warning due to comparing undefined $_ to ""
cvsexportcommit: be graceful when "cvs status" reorders the arguments
Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all.
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Conflicts:
Documentation/git-reflog.txt
t/t1410-reflog.sh
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-reflog.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reflog.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index a0c7ceead2..5719039841 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose] git reflog delete ref@\{specifier\}... -git reflog [show] [log-options] +git reflog [show] [log-options] [<ref>] Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are updated. This command is to manage the information recorded in it. @@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries. Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than `expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used -directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink:git-gc[1]. +directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1]. The subcommand "show" (which is also the default, in the absence of any subcommands) will take all the normal log options, and show the log of -`HEAD`, which will cover all recent actions, including branch switches. -It is basically an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit ---pretty=oneline', see gitlink:git-log[1]. +the reference provided in the command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). +The reflog will cover all recent actions (HEAD reflog records branch switching +as well). It is an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline'; +see linkgit:git-log[1]. + +The reflog is useful in various git commands, to specify the old value +of a reference. For example, `HEAD@\{2\}` means "where HEAD used to be +two moves ago", `master@\{one.week.ago\}` means "where master used to +point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] for +more details. To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete" and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. ``git reflog delete master@\{2\}''). @@ -86,4 +93,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |