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| author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2008-06-29 23:27:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-06-29 23:47:26 -0700 |
| commit | a0d2ceb2769731571cdd195582bfedf90225e712 (patch) | |
| tree | 013a8ee87f910c5dfe9c5cd37b95488baaaca204 /Documentation | |
| parent | 7829f20f5beabe3e21866ae53109a58370571158 (diff) | |
| download | git-a0d2ceb2769731571cdd195582bfedf90225e712.tar.gz git-a0d2ceb2769731571cdd195582bfedf90225e712.tar.xz | |
doc/rev-parse: clarify reflog vs --until for specifying revisions
The rev-parse manpage introduces the branch@{date} syntax,
and mentions the reflog specifically. However, new users may
not be familiar with the distinction between the reflog and
the commit date, so let's help them out with a "you may be
interested in --until" pointer.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 9e273bc5a..59e95adf4 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 |