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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 9e273bc5a6..59e95adf42 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit. second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value of the ref at a prior point in time. This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an - existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). + existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state + of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local + `master` branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during + certain times, see `--since` and `--until`. * A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify |