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diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2bf6aef735 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +git-for-each-ref(1) +=================== + +NAME +---- +git-for-each-ref - Output information on each ref + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-for-each-ref' [--count=<count>]\* [--shell|--perl|--python] [--sort=<key>]\* [--format=<format>] [<pattern>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Iterate over all refs that match `<pattern>` and show them +according to the given `<format>`, after sorting them according +to the given set of `<key>`. If `<max>` is given, stop after +showing that many refs. The interporated values in `<format>` +can optionally be quoted as string literals in the specified +host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language. + +OPTIONS +------- +<count>:: + By default the command shows all refs that match + `<pattern>`. This option makes it stop after showing + that many refs. + +<key>:: + A field name to sort on. Prefix `-` to sort in + descending order of the value. When unspecified, + `refname` is used. More than one sort keys can be + given. + +<format>:: + A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the + object pointed at by a ref being shown. If `fieldname` + is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref points + at a tag object, the value for the field in the object + tag refers is used. When unspecified, defaults to + `%(objectname) SPC %(objecttype) TAB %(refname)`. + It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and `%xx` where `xx` + are hex digits interpolates to character with hex code + `xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL), + `%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF). + +<pattern>:: + If given, the name of the ref is matched against this + using fnmatch(3). Refs that do not match the pattern + are not shown. + +--shell, --perl, --python:: + If given, strings that substitute `%(fieldname)` + placeholders are quoted as string literals suitable for + the specified host language. This is meant to produce + a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed. + + +FIELD NAMES +----------- + +Various values from structured fields in referenced objects can +be used to interpolate into the resulting output, or as sort +keys. + +For all objects, the following names can be used: + +refname:: + The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/refs/). + +objecttype:: + The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`). + +objectsize:: + The size of the object (the same as `git-cat-file -s` reports). + +objectname:: + The object name (aka SHA-1). + +In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header +field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can +be used to specify the value in the header field. + +Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`, +`committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`, +and `date` to extract the named component. + +The first line of the message in a commit and tag object is +`subject`, the remaining lines are `body`. The whole message +is `contents`. + +For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric +order (`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `taggerdate`). +All other fields are used to sort in their byte-value order. + +In any case, a field name that refers to a field inapplicable to +the object referred by the ref does not cause an error. It +returns an empty string instead. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +An example directly producing formatted text. Show the most recent +3 tagged commits:: + +------------ +#!/bin/sh + +git-for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \ +--format='From: %(*authorname) %(*authoremail) +Subject: %(*subject) +Date: %(*authordate) +Ref: %(*refname) + +%(*body) +' 'refs/tags' +------------ + + +A simple example showing the use of shell eval on the output, +demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads:: +------------ +#!/bin/sh + +git-for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \ +while read entry +do + eval "$entry" + echo `dirname $ref` +done +------------ + + +A bit more elaborate report on tags, demonstrating that the format +may be an entire script:: +------------ +#!/bin/sh + +fmt=' + r=%(refname) + t=%(*objecttype) + T=${r#refs/tags/} + + o=%(*objectname) + n=%(*authorname) + e=%(*authoremail) + s=%(*subject) + d=%(*authordate) + b=%(*body) + + kind=Tag + if test "z$t" = z + then + # could be a lightweight tag + t=%(objecttype) + kind="Lightweight tag" + o=%(objectname) + n=%(authorname) + e=%(authoremail) + s=%(subject) + d=%(authordate) + b=%(body) + fi + echo "$kind $T points at a $t object $o" + if test "z$t" = zcommit + then + echo "The commit was authored by $n $e +at $d, and titled + + $s + +Its message reads as: +" + echo "$b" | sed -e "s/^/ /" + echo + fi +' + +eval=`git-for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \ + --sort='*objecttype' \ + --sort=-taggerdate \ + refs/tags` +eval "$eval" +------------ |