user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEAD

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index d7f6a9cc3ee335c5437e27dd362ef47c8753ff43..ff41784c60b04a276931fc90ab54a22a67024a1e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ each commit introduces are shown.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
-:git-log: 1
-include::diff-options.txt[]
-
 -<n>::
        Limits the number of commits to show.
 
@@ -34,10 +31,14 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
        `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
        For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
-       and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
-       linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+       and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
---decorate[=short|full]::
+--follow::
+       Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
+       (works only for a single file).
+
+--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
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
        the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
        commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
-
---follow::
-       Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
++
+Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
+produced by --stat etc.
 
 --log-size::
        Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
        refnames.
 
+Common diff options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:git-log: 1
+include::diff-options.txt[]
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
 
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 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
+       any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
        origin doesn't).
 
 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::