Document line history browser

Both 'git log' and 'git blame' support the same format
of '-L' arguments, so we refactor its description into
a new file.

And it is possible to use more than one '-L' option
for each path.

Signed-off-by: Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Bo Yang
2010-08-11 23:03:42 +08:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 9c27f66e15
commit 6eed493d2d
3 changed files with 34 additions and 18 deletions

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Annotate only the given line range. <start> and <end> can take
one of these forms:
- number
+
If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
absolute line number (lines count from 1).
+
- /regex/
+
This form will use the first line matching the given
POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search
starting at the line given by <start>.
+
- +offset or -offset
+
This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
+
include::line-range-format.txt[]
-l::
Show long rev (Default: off).

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SYNOPSIS
--------
'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
'git log' [<options>] -L n,m <path>
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
each commit introduces are shown.
With '-L' option, the command will help to trace the history of user specified
line ranges. It can trace multiple ranges coming from multiple files.
OPTIONS
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@@ -63,6 +67,17 @@ OPTIONS
Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
its size is not included.
-L <start>,<end>::
The line range. <start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
include::line-range-format.txt[]
You can also specify this option more than once before each path.
--full-line-diff::
Always print the interesting range even if the current commit
does not change any line of the range.
[\--] <path>...::
Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need

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- number
+
If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
absolute line number (lines count from 1).
+
- /regex/
+
This form will use the first line matching the given
POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search
starting at the line given by <start>.
+
- +offset or -offset
+
This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
+