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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-22 22:54:37 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-22 22:54:37 -0800
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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. ... Conflicts: Documentation/git-reflog.txt t/t1410-reflog.sh
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index 69db498447..93e20f7752 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-revert - Revert an existing commit
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] <commit>
+'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] <commit>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ OPTIONS
<commit>::
Commit to revert.
For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
- "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
-e|--edit::
With this option, `git-revert` will let you edit the commit
- message prior committing the revert. This is the default if
+ message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
you run the command from a terminal.
+-m parent-number|--mainline parent-number::
+ Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
+ side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
+ option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
+ the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change
+ relative to the specified parent.
+
--no-edit::
With this option, `git-revert` will not start the commit
message editor.
@@ -55,4 +62,4 @@ 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