They are applied after commit ordering and formatting options, in
particular --reverse.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.
+ Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
<since>..<until>::
Show only commits between the named two commits. When
Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the
special notations explained in the description, additional commit
-limiting may be applied.
+limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit
+ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'.
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