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authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2007-11-19 19:25:11 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-11-20 00:15:13 -0800
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Doc fix for git-reflog: mention @{...} syntax, and <ref> in synopsys.
The HEAD@{...} syntax was documented in git-rev-parse manpage, which is hard to find by someone looking for the documentation of porcelain. git-reflog is probably the place where one expects to find this. While I'm there, "git revlog show whatever" was also undocumented. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ depending on the subcommand:
git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
[--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>...
-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.
@@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink: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 gitlink: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 gitlink:git-rev-parse[1] for
+more details.
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