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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index e44fc8f738..27ddaf84a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium', - 'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>' + 'full', 'fuller', 'reference', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>' and 'tformat:<string>'. When '<format>' is none of the above, and has '%placeholder' in it, it acts as if '--pretty=tformat:<format>' were given. @@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]). --abbrev-commit:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object - name, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of - digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies - diff output, if it is displayed). + name, show a prefix that names the object uniquely. + "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies diff output, if it is displayed) + option can be used to specify the minimum length of the prefix. + This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for people using 80-column terminals. --no-abbrev-commit:: Show the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object name. This negates - `--abbrev-commit` and those options which imply it such as - "--oneline". It also overrides the `log.abbrevCommit` variable. + `--abbrev-commit`, either explicit or implied by other options such + as "--oneline". It also overrides the `log.abbrevCommit` variable. --oneline:: This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit" @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ message by 4 spaces (i.e. 'medium', which is the default, 'full', and 'fuller'). ifndef::git-rev-list[] ---notes[=<treeish>]:: +--notes[=<ref>]:: Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ By default, the notes shown are from the notes refs listed in the `core.notesRef` and `notes.displayRef` variables (or corresponding environment overrides). See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details. + -With an optional '<treeish>' argument, use the treeish to find the notes -to display. The treeish can specify the full refname when it begins +With an optional '<ref>' argument, use the ref to find the notes +to display. The ref can specify the full refname when it begins with `refs/notes/`; when it begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise `refs/notes/` is prefixed to form a full name of the ref. + @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ being displayed. Examples: "--notes=foo" will show only notes from "--notes --notes=foo --no-notes --notes=bar" will only show notes from "refs/notes/bar". ---show-notes[=<treeish>]:: +--show-notes[=<ref>]:: --[no-]standard-notes:: These options are deprecated. Use the above --notes/--no-notes options instead. |