From: Eric N. Vander Weele Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 01:14:33 +0000 (-0400) Subject: log: Update log.follow doc and add to config.txt X-Git-Tag: v2.6.2~14^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fd8d07efdaf0ed5570f975c58b2ceb6500e06dd7;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git log: Update log.follow doc and add to config.txt Documentation/config.txt does not include the documentation for log.follow that is in Documentation/git-log.txt. This commit adds the log.follow documentation to config.txt and also updates the wording to be consistent with the format that is followed by other boolean configuration variables. Signed-off-by: Eric N. Vander Weele Acked-by: David Turner Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 3e37b93ed2..0b8a663631 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1792,6 +1792,12 @@ log.decorate:: specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option. +log.follow:: + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. + log.showRoot:: If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree. diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 97b9993ee8..03f958029a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ log.date:: dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. log.follow:: - If a single is given to git log, it will act as - if the `--follow` option was also used. This has the same - limitations as `--follow`, i.e. it cannot be used to follow - multiple files and does not work well on non-linear history. + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. log.showRoot:: If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the