@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
1515-----------
1616Shows the commit logs.
1717
18- The command takes options applicable to the ' git rev-list'
18+ The command takes options applicable to the ` git rev-list`
1919command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
20- the ' git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
20+ the ` git diff-*` commands to control how the changes
2121each commit introduces are shown.
2222
2323
@@ -42,28 +42,27 @@ OPTIONS
4242
4343--use-mailmap::
4444 Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email
45- to canonical real names and email addresses. See
45+ addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See
4646 linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
4747
4848--full-diff::
49- Without this flag, " git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
49+ Without this flag, ` git log -p <path>...` shows commits that
5050 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
5151 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
5252 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
5353 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
5454+
5555Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
56- produced by --stat etc.
56+ produced by ` --stat`, etc.
5757
5858--log-size::
59-
6059 Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit,
6160 where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes.
6261 Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
6362 output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
6463
65- -L <start>,<end>:<file>, -L :<regex>:<file> ::
66-
64+ -L <start>,<end>:<file>::
65+ -L :<regex>:<file>::
6766 Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
6867 (or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may
6968 not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
@@ -81,16 +80,16 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[]
8180 whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
8281 specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
8382 (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
84- ways to spell <revision range>, see the " Specifying Ranges"
83+ ways to spell <revision range>, see the ' Specifying Ranges'
8584 section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
8685
8786[\--] <path>...::
8887 Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
89- that match the specified paths came to be. See " History
90- Simplification" below for details and other simplification
88+ that match the specified paths came to be. See ' History
89+ Simplification' below for details and other simplification
9190 modes.
9291+
93- Paths may need to be prefixed with " \-- " to separate them from
92+ Paths may need to be prefixed with `` \-- '' to separate them from
9493options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
9594
9695include::rev-list-options.txt[]
@@ -114,12 +113,12 @@ EXAMPLES
114113`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
115114
116115 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
117- in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
116+ in the ` include/scsi` or ` drivers/scsi` subdirectories
118117
119118`git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
120119
121120 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
122- The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
121+ The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
123122 'gitk'
124123
125124`git log --name-status release..test`::
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ EXAMPLES
130129
131130`git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`::
132131
133- Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
132+ Shows the commits that changed ` builtin/rev-list.c` , including
134133 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
135134 present name.
136135
@@ -148,17 +147,18 @@ EXAMPLES
148147`git log -p -m --first-parent`::
149148
150149 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
151- " main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
150+ `` main branch'' perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
152151 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
153152 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
154153 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
155154
156155`git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`::
157156
158- Shows how the function `main()` in the file ' main.c' evolved
157+ Shows how the function `main()` in the file ` main.c` evolved
159158 over time.
160159
161160`git log -3`::
161+
162162 Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
163163
164164DISCUSSION
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
173173for settings related to diff generation.
174174
175175format.pretty::
176- Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
177- Defaults to " medium" .
176+ Default for the `--format` option. (See 'Pretty Formats' above.)
177+ Defaults to ` medium` .
178178
179179i18n.logOutputEncoding::
180- Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See " Discussion", above.)
181- Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
180+ Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See ' Discussion' above.)
181+ Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8
182182 otherwise.
183183
184184log.date::
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ log.date::
187187 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
188188
189189log.showroot::
190- If `false`, ' git log' and related commands will not treat the
190+ If `false`, ` git log` and related commands will not treat the
191191 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
192192 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
193193 The default is `true`.
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ mailmap.*::
198198notes.displayRef::
199199 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
200200 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
201- messages with the ' log' family of commands. See
201+ messages with the ` log` family of commands. See
202202 linkgit:git-notes[1].
203203+
204204May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
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