git-pull: disallow implicit merging to detached HEAD

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index c9ffff734c256d7db1470381f0eb74a8d7f81873..60610f91f4c38946b35209bd3e9a1c696fd1b17d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---pretty=<format>::
-       Controls the way the commit log is formatted.
 
---max-count=<n>::
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+-<n>::
        Limits the number of commits to show.
 
 <since>..<until>::
-       Show only commits between the named two commits.
+       Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
+       either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
+       `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
 
 -p::
        Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form.
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ git log -r --name-status release..test::
        in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
        each commit modifies.
 
+Discussion
+----------
+
+include::i18n.txt[]
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>