Support 'master@2 hours ago' syntax

[git.git] / Documentation / git-rev-parse.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index ab896fc..df308c3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ syntax.
   happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can
   explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
 
+* A suffix '@' followed by a date specification such as 'yesterday'
+  (24 hours ago) or '1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1 second ago'
+  to specify the value of the ref at a prior point in time.
+  This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name
+  and the ref must have an existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+
 * A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
   that commit object.  '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
   'rev{caret}'