commit 43205691a047c5b02a25af5af34709ab42e5e953 from: Stefan Sperling date: Wed May 22 14:34:04 2019 UTC improve documentation of got log -b commit - 499d7ecc534806c7daf8795b1c9f76575520921f commit + 43205691a047c5b02a25af5af34709ab42e5e953 blob - 6fa26abb6a48c20d904868b760a0618258fa488e blob + 97673cace9c84d18a7d96a5763415a3be29d5d58 --- got/got.1 +++ got/got.1 @@ -167,10 +167,11 @@ The options for are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl b -Show the linear history of the current branch only by restricting -history traversal to the first parent of each commit. -Merge commits which affected the current branch will be shown but -individual commits which originated on other branches will be omitted. +Show the linear line of history of the current branch. +This option restricts history traversal to the first parent of each commit. +Commits which the branch was based on and merge commits which affected the +branch will be shown, but individual commits created on parallel branches +will be omitted. .It Fl c Ar commit Start traversing history at the specified .Ar commit .