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| author | Kai Koponen <kaikoponen@google.com> | 2024-12-03 12:14:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-12-04 08:27:58 +0900 |
| commit | bc1a980759bc61a426c26d3b47e2d77a708a038b (patch) | |
| tree | cb1574be1c4c8975aae05a923740d7df73f91875 | |
| parent | Git 2.40.3 (diff) | |
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doc: mention rev-list --ancestry-path restrictions
The rev-list documentation doesn't mention that the given
commit must be in the specified commit range, leading
to unexpected results.
Signed-off-by: Kai Koponen <kaikopone@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 0d90d5b154..9d5243e0aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ Default mode:: --ancestry-path[=<commit>]:: When given a range of commits to display (e.g. 'commit1..commit2' - or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits in that range + or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), and a commit <commit> in that range, + only display commits in that range that are ancestors of <commit>, descendants of <commit>, or <commit> itself. If no commit is specified, use 'commit1' (the excluded part of the range) as <commit>. Can be passed multiple |