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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index 5a0451aaf3..44c736f1a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-reflog - Manage reflog information SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git reflog' <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION @@ -16,87 +17,116 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: [verse] -'git reflog expire' [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose] - [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>... -'git reflog delete' ref@\{specifier\}... 'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>] +'git reflog expire' [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] + [--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix] + [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--all | <refs>...] +'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref] + [--dry-run] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}... +'git reflog exists' <ref> + +Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and +other references were updated in the local repository. Reflogs are +useful in various Git commands, to specify the old value of a +reference. For example, `HEAD@{2}` means "where HEAD used to be two +moves ago", `master@{one.week.ago}` means "where master used to point +to one week ago in this local repository", and so on. See +linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for more details. + +This command manages the information recorded in the reflogs. + +The "show" subcommand (which is also the default, in the absence of +any subcommands) shows the log of the reference provided in the +command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). The reflog covers all recent +actions, and in addition the `HEAD` reflog records branch switching. +`git reflog show` is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit +--pretty=oneline`; see linkgit:git-log[1] for more information. + +The "expire" subcommand prunes older reflog entries. Entries older +than `expire` time, or entries older than `expire-unreachable` time +and not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog. +This is typically not used directly by end users -- instead, see +linkgit:git-gc[1]. + +The "delete" subcommand deletes single entries from the reflog. Its +argument must be an _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete +master@{2}`"). This subcommand is also typically not used directly by +end users. + +The "exists" subcommand checks whether a ref has a reflog. It exits +with zero status if the reflog exists, and non-zero status if it does +not. -Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are -updated. This command is to manage the information recorded in it. - -The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries. -Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than -`expire-unreachable` time and not reachable from the current -tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used -directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1]. - -The subcommand "show" (which is also the default, in the absence of any -subcommands) will take all the normal log options, and show the log of -the reference provided in the command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). -The reflog will cover all recent actions (HEAD reflog records branch switching -as well). It is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline`; -see linkgit:git-log[1]. +OPTIONS +------- -The reflog is useful in various git commands, to specify the old value -of a reference. For example, `HEAD@\{2\}` means "where HEAD used to be -two moves ago", `master@\{one.week.ago\}` means "where master used to -point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for -more details. +Options for `show` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete" -and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete master@\{2\}`"). +`git reflog show` accepts any of the options accepted by `git log`. -OPTIONS -------- +Options for `expire` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---stale-fix:: - This revamps the logic -- the definition of "broken commit" - becomes: a commit that is not reachable from any of the refs and - there is a missing object among the commit, tree, or blob - objects reachable from it that is not reachable from any of the - refs. -+ -This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it -has the same cost as 'git prune'. Fortunately, once this is run, we -should not have to ever worry about missing objects, because the current -prune and pack-objects know about reflogs and protect objects referred by -them. +--all:: + Process the reflogs of all references. --expire=<time>:: - Entries older than this time are pruned. Without the - option it is taken from configuration `gc.reflogExpire`, - which in turn defaults to 90 days. + Prune entries older than the specified time. If this option is + not specified, the expiration time is taken from the + configuration setting `gc.reflogExpire`, which in turn + defaults to 90 days. `--expire=all` prunes entries regardless + of their age; `--expire=never` turns off pruning of reachable + entries (but see `--expire-unreachable`). --expire-unreachable=<time>:: - Entries older than this time and not reachable from - the current tip of the branch are pruned. Without the - option it is taken from configuration - `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults to - 30 days. - ---all:: - Instead of listing <refs> explicitly, prune all refs. + Prune entries older than `<time>` that are not reachable from + the current tip of the branch. If this option is not + specified, the expiration time is taken from the configuration + setting `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults + to 30 days. `--expire-unreachable=all` prunes unreachable + entries regardless of their age; `--expire-unreachable=never` + turns off early pruning of unreachable entries (but see + `--expire`). --updateref:: - Update the ref with the sha1 of the top reflog entry (i.e. - <ref>@\{0\}) after expiring or deleting. + Update the reference to the value of the top reflog entry (i.e. + <ref>@\{0\}) if the previous top entry was pruned. (This + option is ignored for symbolic references.) --rewrite:: - While expiring or deleting, adjust each reflog entry to ensure - that the `old` sha1 field points to the `new` sha1 field of the - previous entry. + If a reflog entry's predecessor is pruned, adjust its "old" + SHA-1 to be equal to the "new" SHA-1 field of the entry that + now precedes it. + +--stale-fix:: + Prune any reflog entries that point to "broken commits". A + broken commit is a commit that is not reachable from any of + the reference tips and that refers, directly or indirectly, to + a missing commit, tree, or blob object. ++ +This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it +has the same cost as 'git prune'. It is primarily intended to fix +corruption caused by garbage collecting using older versions of Git, +which didn't protect objects referred to by reflogs. + +-n:: +--dry-run:: + Do not actually prune any entries; just show what would have + been pruned. --verbose:: Print extra information on screen. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +Options for `delete` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`git reflog delete` accepts options `--updateref`, `--rewrite`, `-n`, +`--dry-run`, and `--verbose`, with the same meanings as when they are +used with `expire`. + GIT --- |