From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:44:19 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge branch 'maint'
X-Git-Tag: v1.6.0-rc0~185
X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/66037991d3fd2ac7e699c7bd21d939b9e397f6a4?hp=f9d800e2074a60a009e7c670e396a379d8c46cc5

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
doc/rev-parse: clarify reflog vs --until for specifying revisions
---

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 9e273bc5a6..59e95adf42 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
   second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value
   of the ref at a prior point in time.  This suffix may only be
   used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
-  existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+  existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state
+  of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local
+  `master` branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during
+  certain times, see `--since` and `--until`.
 
 * A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification
   enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify