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| author |  Olga Telezhnaya <olyatelezhnaya@gmail.com> | 2018-12-24 13:24:30 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-12-28 10:08:11 -0800 |
| commit | 59012fe5e8f7485a48544324054f24aebfff3b38 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f18f82798c959b01ed0368171faac8be483ad7d /Documentation | |
| parent | ref-filter: add tests for deltabase (diff) | |
| download | tgif-59012fe5e8f7485a48544324054f24aebfff3b38.tar.xz | |
ref-filter: add docs for new options
Add documentation for formatting options objectsize:disk
and deltabase.
Signed-off-by: Olga Telezhnaia <olyatelezhnaya@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 901faef1bf..774cecc7ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -128,13 +128,18 @@ objecttype:: objectsize:: The size of the object (the same as 'git cat-file -s' reports). - + Append `:disk` to get the size, in bytes, that the object takes up on + disk. See the note about on-disk sizes in the `CAVEATS` section below. objectname:: The object name (aka SHA-1). For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append `:short`. For an abbreviation of the object name with desired length append `:short=<length>`, where the minimum length is MINIMUM_ABBREV. The length may be exceeded to ensure unique object names. +deltabase:: + This expands to the object name of the delta base for the + given object, if it is stored as a delta. Otherwise it + expands to the null object name (all zeroes). upstream:: The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream'' @@ -361,6 +366,20 @@ This prints the authorname, if present. git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)%(if)%(authorname)%(then) Authored by: %(authorname)%(end)" ------------ +CAVEATS +------- + +Note that the sizes of objects on disk are reported accurately, but care +should be taken in drawing conclusions about which refs or objects are +responsible for disk usage. The size of a packed non-delta object may be +much larger than the size of objects which delta against it, but the +choice of which object is the base and which is the delta is arbitrary +and is subject to change during a repack. + +Note also that multiple copies of an object may be present in the object +database; in this case, it is undefined which copy's size or delta base +will be reported. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-show-ref[1] |