Merge branch 'jc/post-simplify' (early part) into tr/filter-branch

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index 25003c38667940528422aab735ec0a4e9a4d5b97..d99236e14d5238c936304029bd48efc6ac9dd024 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options
 depending on the subcommand:
 
 [verse]
-git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
+'git reflog expire' [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
        [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>...
-
-git reflog [show] [log-options] [<ref>]
++
+'git reflog delete' ref@\{specifier\}...
++
+'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.
@@ -28,21 +30,24 @@ The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries.
 Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than
 `expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current
 tip, are removed from the reflog.  This is typically not used
-directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink:git-gc[1].
+directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit: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
 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].
+as well).  It is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline`;
+see linkgit: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
+point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] for
 more details.
 
+To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete"
+and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete master@\{2\}`").
+
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS
        refs.
 +
 This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
-has the same cost as 'git prune'.  Fortunately, once this is run, we
+has the same cost as 'git-prune'.  Fortunately, once this is run, we
 should not have to ever worry about missing objects, because the current
 prune and pack-objects know about reflogs and protect objects referred by
 them.
@@ -75,12 +80,21 @@ them.
 --all::
        Instead of listing <refs> explicitly, prune all refs.
 
+--updateref::
+       Update the ref with the sha1 of the top reflog entry (i.e.
+       <ref>@\{0\}) after expiring or deleting.
+
+--rewrite::
+       While expiring or deleting, adjust each reflog entry to ensure
+       that the `old` sha1 field points to the `new` sha1 field of the
+       previous entry.
+
 --verbose::
        Print extra information on screen.
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 
 Documentation
 --------------
@@ -88,4 +102,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite