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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 2fe6c31967..671cebd95c 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -1,41 +1,47 @@ ---pretty[='<format>']:: - - Pretty-prints the details of a commit. `--pretty` - without an explicit `=<format>` defaults to 'medium'. - If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format - is not 'oneline', 'email' or 'raw', an additional line is - inserted before the 'Author:' line. This line begins with - "Merge: " and the sha1s of ancestral commits are printed, - separated by spaces. Note that the listed commits may not - necessarily be the list of the *direct* parent commits if you - 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: - - * 'oneline' +PRETTY FORMATS +-------------- + +If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format +is not 'oneline', 'email' or 'raw', an additional line is +inserted before the 'Author:' line. This line begins with +"Merge: " and the sha1s of ancestral commits are printed, +separated by spaces. Note that the listed commits may not +necessarily be the list of the *direct* parent commits if you +have limited your view of history: for example, if you are +only interested in changes related to a certain directory or +file. + +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' <sha1> <title line> + This is designed to be as compact as possible. - * 'short' +* 'short' commit <sha1> Author: <author> <title line> - * 'medium' +* 'medium' commit <sha1> Author: <author> - Date: <date> + Date: <author date> <title line> <full commit message> - * 'full' +* 'full' commit <sha1> Author: <author> @@ -45,51 +51,55 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible. <full commit message> - * 'fuller' +* 'fuller' commit <sha1> - Author: <author> - AuthorDate: <date & time> - Commit: <committer> - CommitDate: <date & time> + Author: <author> + AuthorDate: <author date> + Commit: <committer> + CommitDate: <committer date> <title line> <full commit message> - - * 'email' +* 'email' From <sha1> <date> From: <author> - Date: <date & time> + Date: <author date> Subject: [PATCH] <title line> - full commit message> - + <full commit message> - * 'raw' +* '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'. - -E.g, 'format:"The author of %h was %an, %ar%nThe title was >>%s<<"' ++ +E.g, 'format:"The author of %h was %an, %ar%nThe title was >>%s<<%n"' 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: - '%H': commit hash @@ -99,31 +109,130 @@ The placeholders are: - '%P': parent hashes - '%p': abbreviated parent hashes - '%an': author name +- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] + or linkgit:git-blame[1]) - '%ae': author email -- '%ad': author date +- '%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-like format +- '%aI': author date, strict ISO 8601 format - '%cn': committer name +- '%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-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 signature, "B" for a Bad signature, "U" for a good, + untrusted signature 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}` +- '%gd': shortened reflog selector, e.g., `stash@{1}` +- '%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; + 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 - - ---encoding[=<encoding>]:: - The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message - in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the - command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding - preferred by the user. For non plumbing commands this - defaults to UTF-8. - +- '%%': 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) + +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:' ++ +The 'tformat:' format works exactly like 'format:', except that it +provides "terminator" semantics instead of "separator" semantics. In +other words, each commit has the message terminator character (usually a +newline) appended, rather than a separator placed between entries. +This means that the final entry of a single-line format will be properly +terminated with a new line, just as the "oneline" format does. +For example: ++ +--------------------- +$ git log -2 --pretty=format:%h 4da45bef \ + | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/' +4da45be +7134973 -- NO NEWLINE + +$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef \ + | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/' +4da45be +7134973 +--------------------- ++ +In addition, any unrecognized string that has a `%` in it is interpreted +as if it has `tformat:` in front of it. For example, these two are +equivalent: ++ +--------------------- +$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef +$ git log -2 --pretty=%h 4da45bef +--------------------- |