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authorEric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>2013-08-06 09:59:35 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-08-06 14:26:26 -0700
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line-range-format.txt: clarify -L:regex usage form
blame/log documentation describes -L option as: -L<start>,<end> -L:<regex> <start> and <end> can take one of these forms: * number * /regex/ * +offset or -offset * :regex which is incorrect and confusing since :regex is not one of the valid forms of <start> or <end>; in fact, it must be -L's lone argument. Clarify by discussing :<regex> at the same indentation level as "<start> and <end>...": -L<start>,<end> -L:<regex> <start> and <end> can take one of these forms: * number * /regex/ * +offset or -offset If :<regex> is given in place of <start> and <end> ... Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+
- number
+
If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
@@ -15,11 +17,8 @@ starting at the line given by <start>.
+
This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
-+
-- :regex
+
-If the option's argument is of the form :regex, it denotes the range
+If ``:<regex>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it denotes the range
from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
funcname line.
-+