git-shortlog.txt: improve documentation about .mailmap files

[git.git] / Documentation / git-log.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index db61bc96c7e23132c41bb75724d669a6224a3d76..34cf4e5811d1a6f46fcbd333a2ff48c200eadff8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-log' <option>...
+'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Shows the commit logs.
 
-The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-rev-list[1]
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git-rev-list'
 command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
-the linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] commands to control how the changes
+the 'git-diff-*' commands to control how the changes
 each commit introduces are shown.
 
 
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --decorate::
        Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
 
+--source::
+       Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
+       commit was reached.
+
 --full-diff::
-       Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that
+       Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
        touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
        paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
-       the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only
+       the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
        commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
 
 --follow::
@@ -57,8 +61,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
        its size is not included.
 
-<paths>...::
-       Show only commits that affect the specified paths.
+[\--] <path>...::
+       Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
+       prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
+       to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
+       refnames.
 
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]