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diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index bb370c9c7b..dffa14a795 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl] [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...] - [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]] - [--contains [<object>]] [--no-contains [<object>]] + [--points-at=<object>] + (--merged[=<object>] | --no-merged[=<object>]) + [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -25,19 +26,25 @@ host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language. OPTIONS ------- -<count>:: +<pattern>...:: + If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that + match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or + literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the + beginning up to a slash. + +--count=<count>:: By default the command shows all refs that match `<pattern>`. This option makes it stop after showing that many refs. -<key>:: +--sort=<key>:: A field name to sort on. Prefix `-` to sort in descending order of the value. When unspecified, `refname` is used. You may use the --sort=<key> option multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary key. -<format>:: +--format=<format>:: A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from a ref being shown and the object it points at. If `fieldname` is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref points @@ -50,11 +57,10 @@ OPTIONS `xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL), `%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF). -<pattern>...:: - If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that - match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or - literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the - beginning up to a slash. +--color[=<when>]: + Respect any colors specified in the `--format` option. The + `<when>` field must be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto` (if + `<when>` is absent, behave as if `always` was given). --shell:: --perl:: @@ -65,24 +71,24 @@ OPTIONS the specified host language. This is meant to produce a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed. ---points-at <object>:: +--points-at=<object>:: Only list refs which points at the given object. ---merged [<object>]:: +--merged[=<object>]:: Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the specified commit (HEAD if not specified), incompatible with `--no-merged`. ---no-merged [<object>]:: +--no-merged[=<object>]:: Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the specified commit (HEAD if not specified), incompatible with `--merged`. ---contains [<object>]:: +--contains[=<object>]:: Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not specified). ---no-contains [<object>]:: +--no-contains[=<object>]:: Only list refs which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD if not specified). @@ -139,18 +145,25 @@ upstream:: (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind), or "=" (in sync). `:track` also prints "[gone]" whenever unknown upstream ref is encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking - information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M"). Has - no effect if the ref does not have tracking information - associated with it. All the options apart from `nobracket` - are mutually exclusive, but if used together the last option - is selected. + information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M"). ++ +For any remote-tracking branch `%(upstream)`, `%(upstream:remotename)` +and `%(upstream:remoteref)` refer to the name of the remote and the +name of the tracked remote ref, respectively. In other words, the +remote-tracking branch can be updated explicitly and individually by +using the refspec `%(upstream:remoteref):%(upstream)` to fetch from +`%(upstream:remotename)`. ++ +Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated +with it. All the options apart from `nobracket` are mutually exclusive, +but if used together the last option is selected. push:: The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` location for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip`, - `:rstrip`, `:track`, and `:trackshort` options as `upstream` - does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` ref is - configured. + `:rstrip`, `:track`, `:trackshort`, `:remotename`, and `:remoteref` + options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` + ref is configured. HEAD:: '*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' ' @@ -212,11 +225,15 @@ and `date` to extract the named component. The complete message in a commit and tag object is `contents`. Its first line is `contents:subject`, where subject is the concatenation of all lines of the commit message up to the first blank line. The next -line is 'contents:body', where body is all of the lines after the first +line is `contents:body`, where body is all of the lines after the first blank line. The optional GPG signature is `contents:signature`. The first `N` lines of the message is obtained using `contents:lines=N`. Additionally, the trailers as interpreted by linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1] -are obtained as 'contents:trailers'. +are obtained as `trailers` (or by using the historical alias +`contents:trailers`). Non-trailer lines from the trailer block can be omitted +with `trailers:only`. Whitespace-continuations can be removed from trailers so +that each trailer appears on a line by itself with its full content with +`trailers:unfold`. Both can be used together as `trailers:unfold,only`. For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric order (`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `creatordate`, `taggerdate`). |