name : line-range-format.txt '<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 '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file. If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file. 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>'. + If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>` searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).