format-patch: fix two-argument special case, and make it easier to pick single commits
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-whatchanged.txt
index 8a2212de6448f50659df6e86fad2ba7d49ccb6c9..6c150b0264ac5caf326ad5b0d2da225a241b77f2 100644 (file)
@@ -43,6 +43,27 @@ OPTIONS
        <format> can be one of 'raw', 'medium', 'short', 'full',
        and 'oneline'.
 
+-m::
+       By default, differences for merge commits are not shown.
+       With this flag, show differences to that commit from all
+       of its parents.
+
+       However, it is not very useful in general, although it
+       *is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
+
+Examples
+--------
+git-whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+       Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
+       any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git-whatchanged --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'
+
 
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