From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:11:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D77281E.5020803@drmicha.warpmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vaah5e63p.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 08.03.2011 20:59:
> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
>> index ff41784..48c1715 100644
>> --- 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.
>
> I wonder if we should be dropping this instead, as it appears later in the
> document anyway.
It is an intended redundancy but can be dropped, of course. I just
thought that people confused by "-<n>" would not be looking further down
for yet another description of the same option unless they are pointed
to it (or the right section) explicitly.
Michael
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-09 7:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-07 19:17 --max-count useless with git-rev-list's --reverse Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-03-07 19:40 ` Shawn Pearce
2011-03-08 7:35 ` Jay Soffian
2011-03-08 8:34 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-03-08 8:30 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-03-08 8:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] rev-list-options.txt: typo fix Michael J Gruber
2011-03-08 8:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting Michael J Gruber
2011-03-08 19:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-09 7:11 ` Michael J Gruber [this message]
2011-03-08 8:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: put option blocks in proper order Michael J Gruber
2011-03-09 23:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-10 7:50 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-03-08 19:56 ` [PATCH 1/3] rev-list-options.txt: typo fix Junio C Hamano
2011-03-09 7:07 ` Michael J Gruber
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