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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index 5c7316ceb8..25003c3866 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ depending on the subcommand: git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose] [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>... -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. @@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink: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 gitlink: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 gitlink:git-rev-parse[1] for +more details. OPTIONS |