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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-30 02:21:48 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-30 02:36:13 -0800
commit99e09cce8d0eace48209483b07e2a9d99542bd04 (patch)
tree6f3eb7ba1ff116b16439e5f83f3eeac15ce765f0 /Documentation
parent5dc7bcc2453ce854dc1192cfffcc8aee1cc3b69d (diff)
downloadgit-99e09cce8d0eace48209483b07e2a9d99542bd04.tar.gz
Documentation: minor rewording for git-log and git-show pages.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show.txt10
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index c87133542a..e9f746bbd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ include::pretty-formats.txt[]
Limits the number of commits to show.
<since>..<until>::
- Show only commits between the named two commits.
+ Show only commits between the named two commits. When
+ either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
+ `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
-p::
Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 160abb5b24..c210b9af6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
OPTIONS
-------
-<commitid>::
- ID of the commit to show.
+<object>::
+ The name of the object to show.
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ EXAMPLES
--------
git show v1.0.0::
- Shows the tag `v1.0.0`.
+ Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags
+ points at.
git show v1.0.0^{tree}::
Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ include::i18n.txt[]
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>. Significantly enhanced by
+Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>.
Documentation