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+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 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,
+"Merge: " and the hashes 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
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ built-in formats:
* 'oneline'
- <sha1> <title line>
+ <hash> <title line>
+
This is designed to be as compact as possible.
* 'short'
- commit <sha1>
+ commit <hash>
Author: <author>
<title line>
* 'medium'
- commit <sha1>
+ commit <hash>
Author: <author>
Date: <author date>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
* 'full'
- commit <sha1>
+ commit <hash>
Author: <author>
Commit: <committer>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
* 'fuller'
- commit <sha1>
+ commit <hash>
Author: <author>
AuthorDate: <author date>
Commit: <committer>
@@ -63,19 +63,36 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
<full commit message>
+* 'reference'
+
+ <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>)
++
+This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and
+is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`. By default,
+the date is formatted with `--date=short` unless another `--date` option
+is explicitly specified. As with any `format:` with format
+placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
+`--decorate` and `--walk-reflogs`.
+
* 'email'
- From <sha1> <date>
+ From <hash> <date>
From: <author>
Date: <author date>
Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
<full commit message>
+* 'mboxrd'
++
+Like 'email', but lines in the commit message starting with "From "
+(preceded by zero or more ">") are quoted with ">" so they aren't
+confused as starting a new commit.
+
* 'raw'
+
The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as
-stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA-1s are
+stored in the commit object. Notably, the hashes are
displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
--no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
@@ -163,26 +180,51 @@ The placeholders are:
'%ae':: author email
'%aE':: author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%al':: author email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
+'%aL':: author local-part (see '%al') 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
+'%as':: author date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
+'%ah':: author date, human style (like the `--date=human` option of
+ linkgit:git-rev-list[1])
'%cn':: committer name
'%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
'%ce':: committer email
'%cE':: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see
linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%cl':: committer email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
+'%cL':: committer local-part (see '%cl') 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
+'%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
+'%ch':: committer date, human style (like the `--date=human` option of
+ linkgit:git-rev-list[1])
'%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
'%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
+'%(describe[:options])':: human-readable name, like
+ linkgit:git-describe[1]; empty string for
+ undescribable commits. The `describe` string
+ may be followed by a colon and zero or more
+ comma-separated options. Descriptions can be
+ inconsistent when tags are added or removed at
+ the same time.
++
+** 'match=<pattern>': Only consider tags matching the given
+ `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix.
+** 'exclude=<pattern>': Do not consider tags matching the given
+ `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix.
+
'%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached
(like `git log --source`), only works with `git log`
'%e':: encoding
@@ -207,6 +249,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
'%GF':: show the fingerprint of the key used to sign a signed commit
'%GP':: show the fingerprint of the primary key whose subkey was used
to sign a signed commit
+'%GT':: show the trust level for 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
@@ -226,7 +269,15 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
interpreted by
linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]. The
`trailers` string may be followed by a colon
- and zero or more comma-separated options:
+ and zero or more comma-separated options.
+ If any option is provided multiple times the
+ last occurrence wins.
++
+The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<BOOL>]`. The values
+`true`, `false`, `on`, `off` etc. are all accepted. See the "boolean"
+sub-section in "EXAMPLES" in linkgit:git-config[1]. If a boolean
+option is given with no value, it's enabled.
++
** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done
case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is
given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are
@@ -235,27 +286,25 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g.,
`%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key
`Reviewed-by`.
-** 'only[=val]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
- block should be included. The `only` keyword may optionally be
- followed by an equal sign and one of `true`, `on`, `yes` to omit or
- `false`, `off`, `no` to show the non-trailer lines. If option is
- given without value it is enabled. If given multiple times the last
- value is used.
+** 'only[=<BOOL>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
+ block should be included.
** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is
terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain
the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as
separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as
- next option. If separator option is given multiple times only the
- last one is used. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )`
+ next option. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )`
shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma
and a space.
-** 'unfold[=val]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
- option was given. In same way as to for `only` it can be followed
- by an equal sign and explicit value. E.g.,
+** 'unfold[=<BOOL>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
+ option was given. E.g.,
`%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines.
-** 'valueonly[=val]': skip over the key part of the trailer line and only
- show the value part. Also this optionally allows explicit value.
+** 'keyonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the key part of the trailer.
+** 'valueonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the value part of the trailer.
+** 'key_value_separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between
+ trailer lines. When this option is not given each trailer key-value
+ pair is separated by ": ". Otherwise it shares the same semantics
+ as 'separator=<SEP>' above.
NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will