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Reorganize `git-log' man page to clarify common diff options.
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This will reduce considerably the common confusion where people miss the
`--follow' option, and wonder why `-M'/`-C' is not working.

* Move the diff options include to after the log-specific flags, and add
  a "Common diff options" subtitle before them.  (These options apply
  only when patches are shown, which is not a common use case among
  newbies, so having them first is confusing.)

* Move the `--follow' description to the top of the listed options.  The
  options before that seem less important: `--full-diff' applies only
  when patches are shown, `--source' and `--decorate' are less useful
  with many common commit specifications.

* Clarify that `--follow' works only for a single path argument.

Signed-off-by: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Eli Barzilay authored and Junio C Hamano committed Jul 9, 2010
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OPTIONS
-------

:git-log: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]

-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.

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and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].

--follow::
Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
(works only for a single file).

--no-decorate::
--decorate[=short|full|no]::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
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the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.

--follow::
Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies.

--log-size::
Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
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to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
refnames.

Common diff options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

:git-log: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]

include::rev-list-options.txt[]

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