git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting

They are applied after commit ordering and formatting options, in
particular --reverse.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index ff41784c60b04a276931fc90ab54a22a67024a1e..48c1715126cd17da495e9749c2086e3b0b84b61b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -<n>::
        Limits the number of commits to show.
+       Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
 
 <since>..<until>::
        Show only commits between the named two commits.  When

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 9c47ad885bd7565b45b9ac4e5e4a0798653d75e8..46b7e64c8b0d00278686d69bb358c1874291cb48 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ Commit Limiting
 
 Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the
 special notations explained in the description, additional commit
-limiting may be applied.
+limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit
+ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'.
 
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