doc: git-log: convert line range format to new doc format

index 9b51e9fb66..3cc2a14544 100644 --- a/Documentation/line-range-format.adoc +++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.adoc @@ -1,30 +1,30 @@ -'<start>' and '<end>' can take one of these forms: +_<start>_ and _<end>_ can take one of these forms: -- number +- _<number>_ + -If '<start>' or '<end>' is a number, it specifies an +If _<start>_ or _<end>_ is a number, it specifies an absolute line number (lines count from 1). + -- `/regex/` +- `/<regex>/` + This form will use the first line matching the given -POSIX regex. If '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of +POSIX _<regex>_. If _<start>_ is a regex, it will search from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file. -If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file. -If '<end>' is a regex, it will search -starting at the line given by '<start>'. +If _<start>_ is `^/<regex>/`, it will search from the start of file. +If _<end>_ is a regex, it will search starting at the line given by +_<start>_. + -- +offset or -offset +- `+<offset>` or `-<offset>` + -This is only valid for '<end>' and will specify a number -of lines before or after the line given by '<start>'. +This is only valid for _<end>_ and will specify a number +of lines before or after the line given by _<start>_. + -If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a +If `:<funcname>` is given in place of _<start>_ and _<end>_, it is a regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line -that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>` +that matches _<funcname>_, up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>` searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff`