Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention rev-list --ancestry-path restrictions

From: "Kai Koponen via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:18:03 +0000

From: Kai Koponen <[email-masked]>

The rev-list documention doesn't mention that the given
commit must be in the specified commit range, leading
to unexpected results.

Signed-off-by: Kai Koponen <[email-masked]>
---
    doc: mention rev-list --ancestry-path restrictions

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1838%2Fgkaikoponen%2Fmaster-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1838/gkaikoponen/master-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1838

 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 00ccf687441..459e5a02f52 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ Default mode::
 
 --ancestry-path[=<commit>]::
 	When given a range of commits to display (e.g. 'commit1..commit2'
-	or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits in that range
+	or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), and a commit <commit> in that range,
+	only display commits in that range
 	that are ancestors of <commit>, descendants of <commit>, or
 	<commit> itself.  If no commit is specified, use 'commit1' (the
 	excluded part of the range) as <commit>.  Can be passed multiple

base-commit: cc01bad4a9f566cf4453c7edd6b433851b0835e2
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