doc: log, gitk: line-log arguments must exist in starting revision
The line number, regex or offset parameters <start> and <end> in
`git log -L <start>,<end>:<file>`, or the function name regex in
`git log -L :<funcname>:<file>` must exist in the starting
revision, or else the command exits with a fatal error.
This is not obvious in the documentation, so add a note to that
effect.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 3726ca0..59c42c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index c487af5..c653ebb 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
