[PATCH 5/7] git-log.txt: generalize <since>..<until>

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'<since>..<until>' is misleading, as there are many other forms that
'git log' can accept as an argument.  Replace it with <revision range>,
referring to the section "Specifying Ranges" in revisions.txt, and
rewrite the section appropriately.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-log.txt | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 64cc337..c238475 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
+'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[\--] <path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ produced by --stat etc.
 	Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
 	its size is not included.
 
-<since>..<until>::
-	Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
-	either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
-	`HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
-	For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
-	and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
+<revision range>::
+	Show only commits in the specified revision range.  When no
+	<revision range> is specified, it defaults to 'HEAD' (ie. the
+	whole history leading to the current commit).  master..HEAD
+	specifies all the commits reachable from 'HEAD', but not from
+	'master'. For a complete list of ways to spell
+	<revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" section of
+	linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
 [\--] <path>...::
 	Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
-- 
1.8.2.1.501.gd2949c7

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