X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-whatchanged.txt;h=e8f21d02f774a914e7e8840150f6db86a2884178;hb=HEAD;hp=742005353aaab062f78036d8a1c5a86b135e5144;hpb=51017101c7a308745ba3c04944457f1dc6a55780;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
index 74200535..e8f21d02 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 git-whatchanged(1)
 ==================
-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces.
+git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git whatchanged' <option>...
+'git-whatchanged' <option>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -44,6 +43,27 @@ OPTIONS
 	<format> can be one of 'raw', 'medium', 'short', 'full',
 	and 'oneline'.
 
+-m::
+	By default, differences for merge commits are not shown.
+	With this flag, show differences to that commit from all
+	of its parents.
++
+However, it is not very useful in general, although it
+*is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
+
+Examples
+--------
+git-whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+	Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
+	any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git-whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
+
+	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+	'gitk'
+
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -57,5 +77,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite