doc: mention rev-list --ancestry-path restrictions
The rev-list documentation doesn't mention that the given commit must be in the specified commit range, leading to unexpected results. Signed-off-by: Kai Koponen <kaikopone@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
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@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ Default mode::
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--ancestry-path[=<commit>]::
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When given a range of commits to display (e.g. 'commit1..commit2'
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- or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits in that range
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+ or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), and a commit <commit> in that range,
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+ only display commits in that range
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that are ancestors of <commit>, descendants of <commit>, or
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<commit> itself. If no commit is specified, use 'commit1' (the
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excluded part of the range) as <commit>. Can be passed multiple