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diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ca28fb8e2a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +git-name-rev(1) +=============== + +NAME +---- +git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>] + ( --all | --stdin | <commit-ish>... ) + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given in any +format parsable by 'git rev-parse'. + + +OPTIONS +------- + +--tags:: + Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits + +--refs=<pattern>:: + Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern. The pattern + can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. + +--all:: + List all commits reachable from all refs + +--stdin:: + Transform stdin by substituting all the 40-character SHA-1 + hexes (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)". When used with + --name-only, substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex + altogether. Intended for the scripter's use. + +--name-only:: + Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only + the name. If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of + "tags/" is also omitted from the name, matching the output + of `git-describe` more closely. + +--no-undefined:: + Die with error code != 0 when a reference is undefined, + instead of printing `undefined`. + +--always:: + Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say somebody +wrote you about that fantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a. +Of course, you look into the commit, but that only tells you what happened, but +not the context. + +Enter 'git name-rev': + +------------ +% git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a +33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99~940 +------------ + +Now you are wiser, because you know that it happened 940 revisions before v0.99. + +Another nice thing you can do is: + +------------ +% git log | git name-rev --stdin +------------ + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |