user-manual: use pithier example commit
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-rev-list.txt
index 1b12b4f2a45e5650be067a3b05ce56c17a5422fc..c3c2043d183e0e6c7292f5af7c28af57958c4dcd 100644 (file)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ 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::
 
@@ -207,12 +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::
 
@@ -367,6 +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
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 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>