Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0e39bb61eebfce5d1bff032c65bf04bb77f8ce62..a2d55f974525c59f3dd51684531861bf0dc49a23 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
        linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
---decorate[=short|full]::
+--no-decorate::
+--decorate[=short|full|no]::
        Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
        specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
        'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
 
 --follow::
-       Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
+       Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies.
 
 --log-size::
        Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
@@ -118,6 +119,15 @@ git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
        Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
        repository master branches.
 
+git log -p -m --first-parent::
+
+       Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
+       "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
+       branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
+       This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
+       topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
+
+
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