Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Bill Pemberton wrote: > >> In addition to + and - you can now use r to specify how many lines >> around <start> that you want to see. For example: -L 20,r5 would show >> lines 15 through 25 > >>From too much exposure to subversion, the r suggests “revision”. > But ± is too hard to type, so I guess r will have to do. I am not interested in this patch very much myself, and after thinking about it, I think my dislike largely comes from this syntax, and not from the feature itself. Any non-punctuation letter there looks like a sore thumb. Either "-L 20±5" or even "-L 20+/-5" would have looked a _lot_ saner. >> +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt >> @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number >> of lines before or after the line given by <start>. >> + >> >> +- rrange > > Maybe -rradius? “range” sounds like an interval with specified endpoints. Yes, radius sounds more sensible. Another alternative would be to call it "context", as in "grep -C <n>". -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html