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rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse
authorPranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:44:09 +0000 (20:44 +0000)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:09:07 +0000 (15:09 -0700)
commit04be69478fda74fbce91a6775e5b5946c3cde61e
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rev-list-options: clarify the usage of --reverse

Users often wonder if the oldest or the newest n commits are shown
by `log -n --reverse`.  Clarify that --reverse kicks in only after
deciding which commits are to be shown to unconfuse them.

Reported-by: Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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