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- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description - Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to these spans. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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'<start>' and '<end>' can take one of these forms:
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_<start>_ and _<end>_ can take one of these forms:
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- _<number>_
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If '<start>' or '<end>' is a number, it specifies an
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If _<start>_ or _<end>_ is a number, it specifies an
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absolute line number (lines count from 1).
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- `/regex/`
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- `/<regex>/`
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This form will use the first line matching the given
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POSIX regex. If '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of
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POSIX _<regex>_. If _<start>_ is a regex, it will search from the end of
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the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
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If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file.
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If '<end>' is a regex, it will search
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starting at the line given by '<start>'.
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If _<start>_ is `^/<regex>/`, it will search from the start of file.
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If _<end>_ is a regex, it will search starting at the line given by
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_<start>_.
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- +offset or -offset
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- `+<offset>` or `-<offset>`
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This is only valid for '<end>' and will specify a number
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of lines before or after the line given by '<start>'.
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This is only valid for _<end>_ and will specify a number
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of lines before or after the line given by _<start>_.
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If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a
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If `:<funcname>` is given in place of _<start>_ and _<end>_, it is a
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regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
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that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
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that matches _<funcname>_, up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
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searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
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from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of
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file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff`

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