Merge branch 'jc/maint-branch-mergeoptions' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 5c6850f0486dbea0c515e2323bc6455d89897628..73111bb0512476cb1d1786d65c416b7f4efd94cf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -72,11 +72,26 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --merges::
 
-       Print only merge commits.
+       Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`.
 
 --no-merges::
 
-       Do not print commits with more than one parent.
+       Do not print commits with more than one parent. This is
+       exactly the same as `--max-parents=1`.
+
+--min-parents=<number>::
+--max-parents=<number>::
+--no-min-parents::
+--no-max-parents::
+
+       Show only commits which have at least (or at most) that many
+       commits. In particular, `--max-parents=1` is the same as `--no-merges`,
+       `--min-parents=2` is the same as `--merges`.  `--max-parents=0`
+       gives all root commits and `--min-parents=3` all octopus merges.
++
+`--no-min-parents` and `--no-max-parents` reset these limits (to no limit)
+again.  Equivalent forms are `--min-parents=0` (any commit has 0 or more
+parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit).
 
 --first-parent::
        Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
@@ -164,8 +179,8 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 +
 For example, if you have two branches, `A` and `B`, a usual way
 to list all commits on only one side of them is with
-`--left-right`, like the example above in the description of
-that option.  It however shows the commits that were cherry-picked
+`--left-right` (see the example below in the description of
+the `--left-right` option).  It however shows the commits that were cherry-picked
 from the other branch (for example, "3rd on b" may be cherry-picked
 from branch A).  With this option, such pairs of commits are
 excluded from the output.