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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 3d87d3edd5..47b286b33e 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ have limited your view of history: for example, if you are only interested in changes related to a certain directory or file. -Here are some additional details for each format: +There are several built-in formats, and you can define +additional formats by setting a pretty.<name> +config option to either another format name, or a +'format:' string, as described below (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). Here are the details of the +built-in formats: * 'oneline' @@ -70,15 +75,18 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible. * 'raw' + The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as -stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA1s are +stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA-1s are displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or --no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the -true parent commits, without taking grafts nor history -simplification into account. +true parent commits, without taking grafts or history +simplification into account. Note that this format affects the way +commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with +`git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format, +use `--no-abbrev`. -* 'format:' +* 'format:<string>' + -The 'format:' format allows you to specify which information +The 'format:<string>' format allows you to specify which information you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format, with the notable exception that you get a newline with '%n' instead of '\n'. @@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ would show something like this: The author of fe6e0ee was Junio C Hamano, 23 hours ago The title was >>t4119: test autocomputing -p<n> for traditional diff input.<< --------- +------- + The placeholders are: @@ -101,33 +109,117 @@ The placeholders are: - '%P': parent hashes - '%p': abbreviated parent hashes - '%an': author name -- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap) +- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] + or linkgit:git-blame[1]) - '%ae': author email +- '%aE': author email (respecting .mailmap, see + linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) - '%ad': author date (format respects --date= option) - '%aD': author date, RFC2822 style - '%ar': author date, relative - '%at': author date, UNIX timestamp -- '%ai': author date, ISO 8601 format +- '%ai': author date, ISO 8601-like format +- '%aI': author date, strict ISO 8601 format - '%cn': committer name -- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap) +- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap, see + linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) - '%ce': committer email -- '%cd': committer date +- '%cE': committer email (respecting .mailmap, see + linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +- '%cd': committer date (format respects --date= option) - '%cD': committer date, RFC2822 style - '%cr': committer date, relative - '%ct': committer date, UNIX timestamp -- '%ci': committer date, ISO 8601 format +- '%ci': committer date, ISO 8601-like format +- '%cI': committer date, strict ISO 8601 format - '%d': ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1] +- '%D': ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping. - '%e': encoding - '%s': subject +- '%f': sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename - '%b': body +- '%B': raw body (unwrapped subject and body) +ifndef::git-rev-list[] +- '%N': commit notes +endif::git-rev-list[] +- '%GG': raw verification message from GPG for a signed commit +- '%G?': show "G" for a good (valid) signature, + "B" for a bad signature, + "U" for a good signature with unknown validity, + "X" for a good signature that has expired, + "Y" for a good signature made by an expired key, + "R" for a good signature made by a revoked key, + "E" if the signature cannot be checked (e.g. missing key) + and "N" for no signature +- '%GS': show the name of the signer for a signed commit +- '%GK': show the key used to sign a signed commit +- '%gD': reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}` or + `refs/stash@{2 minutes ago`}; the format follows the rules described + for the `-g` option. The portion before the `@` is the refname as + given on the command line (so `git log -g refs/heads/master` would + yield `refs/heads/master@{0}`). +- '%gd': shortened reflog selector; same as `%gD`, but the refname + portion is shortened for human readability (so `refs/heads/master` + becomes just `master`). +- '%gn': reflog identity name +- '%gN': reflog identity name (respecting .mailmap, see + linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +- '%ge': reflog identity email +- '%gE': reflog identity email (respecting .mailmap, see + linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +- '%gs': reflog subject - '%Cred': switch color to red - '%Cgreen': switch color to green - '%Cblue': switch color to blue - '%Creset': reset color -- '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option -- '%m': left, right or boundary mark +- '%C(...)': color specification, as described under Values in the + "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1]; + adding `auto,` at the beginning will emit color only when colors are + enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and + respecting the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a + terminal). `auto` alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring + on the next placeholders until the color is switched again. +- '%m': left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark - '%n': newline +- '%%': a raw '%' - '%x00': print a byte from a hex code +- '%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])': switch line wrapping, like the -w option of + linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. +- '%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])': make the next placeholder take at + least N columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary. + Optionally truncate at the beginning (ltrunc), the middle (mtrunc) + or the end (trunc) if the output is longer than N columns. + Note that truncating only works correctly with N >= 2. +- '%<|(<N>)': make the next placeholder take at least until Nth + columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary +- '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)': similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' + respectively, but padding spaces on the left +- '%>>(<N>)', '%>>|(<N>)': similar to '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)' + respectively, except that if the next placeholder takes more spaces + than given and there are spaces on its left, use those spaces +- '%><(<N>)', '%><|(<N>)': similar to '% <(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' + respectively, but padding both sides (i.e. the text is centered) +-%(trailers): display the trailers of the body as interpreted by + linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1] + +NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the +revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will +insert an empty string unless we are traversing reflog entries (e.g., by +`git log -g`). The `%d` and `%D` placeholders will use the "short" +decoration format if `--decorate` was not already provided on the command +line. + +If you add a `+` (plus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, a line-feed +is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the +placeholder expands to a non-empty string. + +If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, line-feeds that +immediately precede the expansion are deleted if and only if the +placeholder expands to an empty string. + +If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space +is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the +placeholder expands to a non-empty string. * 'tformat:' + @@ -150,3 +242,12 @@ $ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef \ 4da45be 7134973 --------------------- ++ +In addition, any unrecognized string that has a `%` in it is interpreted +as if it has `tformat:` in front of it. For example, these two are +equivalent: ++ +--------------------- +$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef +$ git log -2 --pretty=%h 4da45bef +--------------------- |