From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:10:12 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Mention -n as an alias for--max-count
X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=hgbook-git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=773b47a3a6c98a1503db455d2892975cb055ee62

Mention -n as an alias for--max-count
---

diff --git a/tour.mdwn b/tour.mdwn
index 6a43df9..56690e1 100644
--- a/tour.mdwn
+++ b/tour.mdwn
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ created:
 
 	$ git log --since="2 weeks ago" --until="yesterday"
 
-Another useful option is --max-count which, unsurprisingly, limits the
-maximum number of commits to be displayed.
+Another useful option is -n or --max-count which, unsurprisingly,
+limits the maximum number of commits to be displayed.
 
 #### 2.4.3  More detailed information
 
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ looks suspicous, so let's tak a closer look. Remember that we can name
 it as master~3, HEAD~3, or any prefix of its commit identifier, (such
 as 13ed136b):
 
-	$ git log -p --max-count=1 13ed136b
+	$ git log -p -n 1 13ed136b
 	commit 13ed136b983a9c439eddeea8a1c2076cffbb685f
 	Author: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
 	Date:   Tue Sep 6 13:15:43 2005 -0700