status: show more info than "currently not on any branch"

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 771a3565bd10f956899ba95f6ce794bee5f1dede..22c0d6e4b1074b71468ac1c9b16d7eeb0434e225 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ each commit introduces are shown.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
--<n>::
-       Limits the number of commits to show.
-       Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
-
 <since>..<until>::
        Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
        either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
@@ -51,6 +47,11 @@ OPTIONS
        Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
        commit was reached.
 
+--use-mailmap::
+       Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email
+       to canonical real names and email addresses. See
+       linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
+
 --full-diff::
        Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
        touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
@@ -91,45 +92,45 @@ include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
 
 Examples
 --------
-git log --no-merges::
+`git log --no-merges`::
 
        Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
 
-git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
 
        Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
        in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
 
-git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
+`git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
 
        Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
        The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
        'gitk'
 
-git log --name-status release..test::
+`git log --name-status release..test`::
 
        Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
        in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
        each commit modifies.
 
-git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
+`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`::
 
        Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
        those commits that occurred before the file was given its
        present name.
 
-git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
+`git log --branches --not --remotes=origin`::
 
        Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
        any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
        origin doesn't).
 
-git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
+`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::
+`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
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ git log -p -m --first-parent::
        This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
        topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
 
+`git log -3`::
+       Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
 
 Discussion
 ----------
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ log.showroot::
        `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
        The default is `true`.
 
-mailmap.file::
+mailmap.*::
        See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
 
 notes.displayRef::