The -L option is the same as for git-log, so the entire block is just
copied from git-log.txt.  However, until the parser is fixed we add a
caveat that gitk only understands the stuck form.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <t...@thomasrast.ch>
---
 Documentation/gitk.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index d44e14c..1e9e38a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
        (See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more
        detailed explanation.)
 
+-L<start>,<end>:<file>::
+-L:<regex>:<file>::
+
+       Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
+       (or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>.  You may
+       not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
+       a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
+       give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+       You can specify this option more than once.
++
+*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands
+this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument.  Do
+*not* put a space after `-L`.
++
+include::line-range-format.txt[]
+
 <revision range>::
 
        Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision
-- 
1.8.5.rc2.348.gb73b695

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