The existing description reads as if it somehow applies a filter. Change it to explain that it is merely about the ordering. Message-proposed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/show-branch.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c index 99ec4af..9788eb1 100644 --- a/builtin/show-branch.c +++ b/builtin/show-branch.c @@ -673,8 +673,8 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix) OPT_SET_INT(0, "sparse", &dense, N_("show merges reachable from only one tip"), 0), OPT_SET_INT(0, "date-order", &sort_order, - N_("show commits where no parent comes before its " - "children"), + N_("topologically sort, maintaining date order " + "where possible"), REV_SORT_BY_COMMIT_DATE), { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'g', "reflog", &reflog_base, N_("<n>[,<base>]"), N_("show <n> most recent ref-log entries starting at " -- 1.8.3.3.1053.g4beaad1 -- 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