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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-23 09:54:37 +0300
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-23 09:54:37 +0300
commit50f3ac29cbadbf7e0ff099b493b00cfa4129e1e0 (patch)
tree72b756b4c7d60709b7484cceeb3a1d82a18a86af /Documentation/git-reflog.txt
parentcb97cc9fef60ea2ff1ce51cf575314c04488dbfd (diff)
parent4cd883d724ec36a120263d47058e65c6d1de642f (diff)
Merge branch 'bc/reflog-fix' into js/reflog-delete
* bc/reflog-fix: (1490 commits) builtin-reflog.c: don't install new reflog on write failure hash: fix lookup_hash semantics gitweb: Better chopping in commit search results builtin-tag.c: remove cruft git-merge-index documentation: clarify synopsis send-email: fix In-Reply-To regression git-reset --hard and git-read-tree --reset: fix read_cache_unmerged() Teach git-grep --name-only as synonym for -l diff: fix java funcname pattern for solaris t3404: use configured shell instead of /bin/sh git_config_*: don't assume we are parsing a config file prefix_path: use is_absolute_path() instead of *orig == '/' git-clean: handle errors if removing files fails Clarified the meaning of git-add -u in the documentation git-clone.sh: properly configure remote even if remote's head is dangling git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env Documentation/git-stash: document options for git stash list send-email: squelch warning due to comparing undefined $_ to "" cvsexportcommit: be graceful when "cvs status" reorders the arguments Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all. ... Conflicts: Documentation/git-reflog.txt t/t1410-reflog.sh
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reflog.txt19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index a0c7ceead2..5719039841 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
git reflog delete ref@\{specifier\}...
-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.
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries.
Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than
`expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current
tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used
-directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink:git-gc[1].
+directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit: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 linkgit: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 linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] for
+more details.
To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete"
and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. ``git reflog delete master@\{2\}'').
@@ -86,4 +93,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite