[PATCH v2] rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse
From: Pranit Bauva <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-27 20:44:16
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Pranit Bauva <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-27 20:44:16
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Specify even more clearly that --reverse works only with the commits which are chosen to be shown so as to eliminate the confusion as to whether the first n or the last n commits with be shown when used with `-n --reverse`. Reported-by: Ruediger Meier <redacted> Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <redacted> --- Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 7e462d3..5da7cf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt@@ -657,8 +657,9 @@ avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed together. --reverse:: - Output the commits in reverse order. - Cannot be combined with `--walk-reflogs`. + Output the commits chosen to be shown (see Commit Limiting + section above) in reverse order. Cannot be combined with + `--walk-reflogs`. Object Traversal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --
https://github.com/git/git/pull/296