From 04be69478fda74fbce91a6775e5b5946c3cde61e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pranit Bauva Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:44:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse Users often wonder if the oldest or the newest n commits are shown by `log -n --reverse`. Clarify that --reverse kicks in only after deciding which commits are to be shown to unconfuse them. Reported-by: Ruediger Meier Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- 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 4f009d4424..f8946d4d3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -638,8 +638,9 @@ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~