Reorganize `git-log' man page to clarify common diff options.
This will reduce considerably the common confusion where people miss the `--follow' option, and wonder why `-M'/`-C' is not working. * Move the diff options include to after the log-specific flags, and add a "Common diff options" subtitle before them. (These options apply only when patches are shown, which is not a common use case among newbies, so having them first is confusing.) * Move the `--follow' description to the top of the listed options. The options before that seem less important: `--full-diff' applies only when patches are shown, `--source' and `--decorate' are less useful with many common commit specifications. * Clarify that `--follow' works only for a single path argument. Signed-off-by: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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OPTIONS
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:git-log: 1
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include::diff-options.txt[]
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-<n>::
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Limits the number of commits to show.
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and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
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linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
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--follow::
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Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
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(works only for a single file).
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--no-decorate::
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--decorate[=short|full|no]::
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Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
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the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
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commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
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--follow::
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Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies.
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--log-size::
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Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
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mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
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to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
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refnames.
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Common diff options
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:git-log: 1
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include::diff-options.txt[]
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include::rev-list-options.txt[]
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