git/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
Eric Sunshine 215e76c7ff line-range: teach -L^:RE to search from start of file
The -L:RE option of blame/log searches from the end of the previous -L
range, if any. Add new notation -L^:RE to override this behavior and
search from start of file.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-08-06 14:48:02 -07:00

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<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
- number
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If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
absolute line number (lines count from 1).
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- /regex/
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This form will use the first line matching the given
POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of
the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file.
If <end> is a regex, it will search
starting at the line given by <start>.
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- +offset or -offset
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This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
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If ``:<regex>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it denotes the range
from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
funcname line. ``:<regex>'' searches from the end of the previous `-L` range,
if any, otherwise from the start of file.
``^:<regex>'' searches from the start of file.