[PATCH v2 7/9] log docs: de-duplicate configuration sections

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/log.txt | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 Documentation/git-log.txt    | 33 +++++----------------------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config/log.txt b/Documentation/config/log.txt
index 456eb07800c..12ede8e31b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/log.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-log.abbrevCommit::
-	If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
-	linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
-	override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
-
 log.date::
 	Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
 	Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
 	`--date` option.  See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
++
+If the format is set to "auto:foo" and the pager is in use, format
+"foo" will be the used for the date format. Otherwise "default" will
+be used.
 
 log.decorate::
 	Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
@@ -45,6 +44,11 @@ log.showRoot::
 	Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
 	normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
 
+log.abbrevCommit::
+	If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
+	linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
+	override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
+
 log.showSignature::
 	If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
 	linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.
@@ -53,3 +57,7 @@ log.mailmap::
 	If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
 	linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`, otherwise
 	assume `--no-use-mailmap`. True by default.
++
+The behavior of `log.mailmap` is impacted by the setting of the more
+general 'mailmap.*' configuration variables, i.e. `mailmap.file` and
+`mailmap.blob`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index ed802bb8e12..69c4e13833d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	shown. The option `--decorate` is short-hand for `--decorate=short`.
 	Default to configuration value of `log.decorate` if configured,
 	otherwise, `auto`.
++
+This output may be colored. See `color.ui` in linkgit:git-config[1]
+and `color.decorate` there and in the "CONFIGURATION" section below.
 
 --decorate-refs=<pattern>::
 --decorate-refs-exclude=<pattern>::
@@ -199,36 +202,10 @@ i18n.logOutputEncoding::
 	Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8
 	otherwise.
 
-log.date::
-	Default format for human-readable dates.  (Compare the
-	`--date` option.)  Defaults to "default", which means to write
-	dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
-+
-If the format is set to "auto:foo" and the pager is in use, format
-"foo" will be the used for the date format. Otherwise "default" will
-be used.
-
-log.follow::
-	If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
-	a single <path> is given.  This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
-	i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
-	on non-linear history.
-
-log.showRoot::
-	If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
-	initial commit as a big creation event.  Any root commits in
-	`git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
-	The default is `true`.
-
-log.showSignature::
-	If `true`, `git log` and related commands will act as if the
-	`--show-signature` option was passed to them.
-
-mailmap.*::
-	See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
-
 include::includes/cmd-config-section-rest.txt[]
 
+include::config/log.txt[]
+
 include::config/notes.txt[]
 
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