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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 7e7ba68781..1ec14a068e 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -3,12 +3,20 @@ Commit Limiting Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the special notations explained in the description, additional commit -limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit -ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'. +limiting may be applied. + +Using more options generally further limits the output (e.g. +`--since=<date1>` limits to commits newer than `<date1>`, and using it +with `--grep=<pattern>` further limits to commits whose log message +has a line that matches `<pattern>`), unless otherwise noted. + +Note that these are applied before commit +ordering and formatting options, such as `--reverse`. -- --n 'number':: +-<number>:: +-n <number>:: --max-count=<number>:: Limit the number of commits to output. @@ -38,22 +46,44 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --committer=<pattern>:: Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer - header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression). + header lines that match the specified pattern (regular + expression). With more than one `--author=<pattern>`, + commits whose author matches any of the given patterns are + chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=<pattern>`). + +--grep-reflog=<pattern>:: + + Limit the commits output to ones with reflog entries that + match the specified pattern (regular expression). With + more than one `--grep-reflog`, commits whose reflog message + matches any of the given patterns are chosen. It is an + error to use this option unless `--walk-reflogs` is in use. --grep=<pattern>:: Limit the commits output to ones with log message that - matches the specified pattern (regular expression). + matches the specified pattern (regular expression). With + more than one `--grep=<pattern>`, commits whose message + matches any of the given patterns are chosen (but see + `--all-match`). ++ +When `--show-notes` is in effect, the message from the notes as +if it is part of the log message. --all-match:: Limit the commits output to ones that match all given --grep, - --author and --committer instead of ones that match at least one. + instead of ones that match at least one. -i:: --regexp-ignore-case:: Match the regexp limiting patterns without regard to letters case. +--basic-regexp:: + + Consider the limiting patterns to be basic regular expressions; + this is the default. + -E:: --extended-regexp:: @@ -66,6 +96,11 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] Consider the limiting patterns to be fixed strings (don't interpret pattern as a regular expression). +--perl-regexp:: + + Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regexp. + Requires libpcre to be compiled in. + --remove-empty:: Stop when a given path disappears from the tree. @@ -117,27 +152,27 @@ parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit). Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit branches to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', - '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. + '{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied. --tags[=<pattern>]:: Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/tags` are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit - tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '*', - or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. + tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}', + or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied. --remotes[=<pattern>]:: Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob. - If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. + If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied. --glob=<glob-pattern>:: Pretend as if all the refs matching shell glob '<glob-pattern>' are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. Leading 'refs/', - is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '*', - or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. + is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}', + or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied. --ignore-missing:: @@ -198,7 +233,7 @@ excluded from the output. + For example, `--cherry-pick --right-only A...B` omits those commits from `B` which are in `A` or are patch-equivalent to a commit in -`A`. In other words, this lists the `{plus}` commits from `git cherry A B`. +`A`. In other words, this lists the `+` commits from `git cherry A B`. More precisely, `--cherry-pick --right-only --no-merges` gives the exact list. @@ -272,7 +307,7 @@ Default mode:: --full-history:: - As the default mode but does not prune some history. + Same as the default mode, but does not prune some history. --dense:: @@ -313,7 +348,7 @@ that you are filtering for a file `foo` in this commit graph: \ / / / / `-------------' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The horizontal line of history A--P is taken to be the first parent of +The horizontal line of history A---P is taken to be the first parent of each merge. The commits are: * `I` is the initial commit, in which `foo` exists with contents @@ -455,7 +490,7 @@ The effect of this is best shown by way of comparing to `---------' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + -Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\--full-history': +Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '--full-history': + -- * `N`'s parent list had `I` removed, because it is an ancestor of the @@ -494,7 +529,7 @@ of course). When we want to find out what commits in `M` are contaminated with the bug introduced by `D` and need fixing, however, we might want to view only the subset of 'D..M' that are actually descendants of `D`, i.e. -excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '\--ancestry-path' +excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '--ancestry-path' option does. Applied to the 'D..M' range, it results in: + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -578,16 +613,33 @@ Commit Ordering By default, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order. ---topo-order:: +--date-order:: + Show no parents before all of its children are shown, but + otherwise show commits in the commit timestamp order. - This option makes them appear in topological order (i.e. - descendant commits are shown before their parents). +--topo-order:: + Show no parents before all of its children are shown, and + avoid showing commits on multiple lines of history + intermixed. ++ +For example, in a commit history like this: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- ---date-order:: + ---1----2----4----7 + \ \ + 3----5----6----8--- - This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no - parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise things - are still ordered in the commit timestamp order. +---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +where the numbers denote the order of commit timestamps, `git +rev-list` and friends with `--date-order` show the commits in the +timestamp order: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ++ +With `--topo-order`, they would show 8 6 5 3 7 4 2 1 (or 8 7 4 2 6 5 +3 1); some older commits are shown before newer ones in order to +avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed +together. --reverse:: @@ -619,9 +671,14 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of git repositories. Only useful with '--objects'; print the object IDs that are not in packs. ---no-walk:: +--no-walk[=(sorted|unsorted)]:: - Only show the given revs, but do not traverse their ancestors. + Only show the given commits, but do not traverse their ancestors. + This has no effect if a range is specified. If the argument + "unsorted" is given, the commits are show in the order they were + given on the command line. Otherwise (if "sorted" or no argument + was given), the commits are show in reverse chronological order + by commit time. --do-walk:: @@ -759,7 +816,7 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. --cc:: - This flag implies the '-c' options and further compresses the + This flag implies the '-c' option and further compresses the patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks one of them without modification. |