[PATCH 5/8] Update -L documentation for git-blame/git-annotate

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Documenting alternate ways to use -L:

-L /regex/,end
-L start,+offset

Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/blame-options.txt |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 331f161..0099bb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,28 @@
 --show-stats::
 	Include additional statistics at the end of blame output.
 
--L n,m::
-	Annotate only the specified line range (lines count from 1).
+-L <start>,<end>::
+	Annotate only the given line range.  <start> and <end> can take
+	one of these forms:
+
+	- number
++
+	If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+	absolute line number (lines count from 1).
++
+
+	- /regex/
++
+	This form will use the first line matching the given
+	POSIX regex.  If <end> is a regex, it will search
+	starting at the line given by <start>.
++
+
+	- +offset or -offset
++
+	This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
+	of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
++
 
 -l::
 	Show long rev (Default: off).
-- 
1.5.2.rc0.64.g8476

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