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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 5437f8b0f0..90761f1694 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[\--] <path>...] +'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[] ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. -[\--] <path>...:: +[--] <path>...:: Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files that match the specified paths came to be. See 'History Simplification' below for details and other simplification modes. + -Paths may need to be prefixed with ``\-- '' to separate them from +Paths may need to be prefixed with `--` to separate them from options or the revision range, when confusion arises. include::rev-list-options.txt[] @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EXAMPLES `git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`:: Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. - The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named + The `--` is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 'gitk' `git log --name-status release..test`:: |