Document that rev-list --graph triggers parent rewriting.
authorYann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:48:58 +0000 (09:48 +0100)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:16:48 +0000 (13:16 -0800)
This may help to understand why --graph causes more comments to
be selected.

Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/rev-list-options.txt

index 1aaaf5ae8b990ce2b0a49c55aba50776727c37fe..42ca059908b6af5726d958d92912705c96235d29 100644 (file)
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ you would get an output like this:
        to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history
        to be drawn properly.
 +
+This enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
++
 This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the
 '--date-order' option may also be specified.