user-manual: more explanation of push and pull usage
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-rev-list.txt
index 77e068b15fb02da40a8c4c9f35d076d62f379587..c3c2043d183e0e6c7292f5af7c28af57958c4dcd 100644 (file)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
             [ \--cherry-pick ]
             [ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ]
             [ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ]
+            [ \--date={local|relative|default} ]
             [ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
             [ \--pretty | \--header ]
             [ \--bisect ]
@@ -86,13 +87,24 @@ Using these options, gitlink:git-rev-list[1] will act similar to the
 more specialized family of commit log tools: gitlink:git-log[1],
 gitlink:git-show[1], and gitlink:git-whatchanged[1]
 
-include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+include::pretty-options.txt[]
 
 --relative-date::
 
-       Show dates relative to the current time, e.g. "2 hours ago".
+       Synonym for `--date=relative`.
+
+--date={relative,local,default}::
+
        Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
        as when using "--pretty".
++
+`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
+e.g. "2 hours ago".
++
+`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local timezone.
++
+`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone
+(either committer's or author's).
 
 --header::
 
@@ -195,12 +207,12 @@ limiting may be applied.
 --author='pattern', --committer='pattern'::
 
        Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
-       header lines that match the specified pattern.
+       header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression).
 
 --grep='pattern'::
 
        Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
-       matches the specified pattern.
+       matches the specified pattern (regular expression).
 
 --remove-empty::
 
@@ -355,6 +367,10 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of git repositories.
        Only useful with '--objects'; print the object IDs that are not
        in packs.
 
+
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>