GIT 1.6.1.1

diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index 48d1454a90cf9453e5e3c9fa01b3dbc369a58f1f..458fafdb2cc7e54c5e2f49ca5854e6ec9fe581ee 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ First, note that you can get documentation for a command such as
 $ man git-log
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+or:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git help log
+------------------------------------------------
+
+With the latter, you can use the manual viewer of your choice; see
+linkgit:git-help[1] for more information.
+
 It is a good idea to introduce yourself to git with your name and
 public email address before doing any operation.  The easiest
 way to do so is:
@@ -321,10 +330,37 @@ pulling, like this:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 alice$ git fetch /home/bob/myrepo master
-alice$ git log -p ..FETCH_HEAD
+alice$ git log -p HEAD..FETCH_HEAD
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 This operation is safe even if Alice has uncommitted local changes.
+The range notation HEAD..FETCH_HEAD" means "show everything that is reachable
+from the FETCH_HEAD but exclude anything that is reachable from HEAD.
+Alice already knows everything that leads to her current state (HEAD),
+and reviewing what Bob has in his state (FETCH_HEAD) that she has not
+seen with this command
+
+If Alice wants to visualize what Bob did since their histories forked
+she can issue the following command:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ gitk HEAD..FETCH_HEAD
+------------------------------------------------
+
+This uses the same two-dot range notation we saw earlier with 'git log'.
+
+Alice may want to view what both of them did since they forked.
+She can use three-dot form instead of the two-dot form:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ gitk HEAD...FETCH_HEAD
+------------------------------------------------
+
+This means "show everything that is reachable from either one, but
+exclude anything that is reachable from both of them".
+
+Please note that these range notation can be used with both gitk
+and "git log".
 
 After inspecting what Bob did, if there is nothing urgent, Alice may
 decide to continue working without pulling from Bob.  If Bob's history
@@ -554,7 +590,7 @@ list.  When the history has lines of development that diverged and
 then merged back together, the order in which 'git-log' presents
 those commits is meaningless.
 
-Most projects with multiple contributors (such as the linux kernel,
+Most projects with multiple contributors (such as the Linux kernel,
 or git itself) have frequent merges, and 'gitk' does a better job of
 visualizing their history.  For example,
 
@@ -606,7 +642,7 @@ digressions that may be interesting at this point are:
 
   * linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-am[1]: These convert
     series of git commits into emailed patches, and vice versa,
-    useful for projects such as the linux kernel which rely heavily
+    useful for projects such as the Linux kernel which rely heavily
     on emailed patches.
 
   * linkgit:git-bisect[1]: When there is a regression in your
@@ -626,6 +662,7 @@ linkgit:gittutorial-2[7],
 linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7],
 linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7],
 linkgit:gitglossary[7],
+linkgit:git-help[1],
 link:everyday.html[Everyday git],
 link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]