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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 81c0e6f184..a9de9a74dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -1,148 +1,17 @@ -Commit Formatting -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -ifdef::git-rev-list[] -Using these options, linkgit:git-rev-list[1] will act similar to the -more specialized family of commit log tools: linkgit:git-log[1], -linkgit:git-show[1], and linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] -endif::git-rev-list[] - -include::pretty-options.txt[] - ---relative-date:: - - Synonym for `--date=relative`. - ---date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short,raw}:: - - Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such - as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default - value for log command's --date option. -+ -`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time, -e.g. "2 hours ago". -+ -`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local timezone. -+ -`--date=iso` (or `--date=iso8601`) shows timestamps in ISO 8601 format. -+ -`--date=rfc` (or `--date=rfc2822`) shows timestamps in RFC 2822 -format, often found in E-mail messages. -+ -`--date=short` shows only date but not time, in `YYYY-MM-DD` format. -+ -`--date=raw` shows the date in the internal raw git format `%s %z` format. -+ -`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone -(either committer's or author's). - -ifdef::git-rev-list[] ---header:: - - Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each record is - separated with a NUL character. -endif::git-rev-list[] - ---parents:: - - Print the parents of the commit. Also enables parent - rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below. - ---children:: - - Print the children of the commit. Also enables parent - rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below. - -ifdef::git-rev-list[] ---timestamp:: - Print the raw commit timestamp. -endif::git-rev-list[] - ---left-right:: - - Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from. - Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from - the right with `>`. If combined with `--boundary`, those - commits are prefixed with `-`. -+ -For example, if you have this topology: -+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - y---b---b branch B - / \ / - / . - / / \ - o---x---a---a branch A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -+ -you would get an output like this: -+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - $ git rev-list --left-right --boundary --pretty=oneline A...B - - >bbbbbbb... 3rd on b - >bbbbbbb... 2nd on b - <aaaaaaa... 3rd on a - <aaaaaaa... 2nd on a - -yyyyyyy... 1st on b - -xxxxxxx... 1st on a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ---graph:: - - Draw a text-based graphical representation of the commit history - on the left hand side of the output. This may cause extra lines - to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history - to be drawn properly. -+ -This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the -'--date-order' option may also be specified. - -ifndef::git-rev-list[] -Diff Formatting -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Below are listed options that control the formatting of diff output. -Some of them are specific to linkgit:git-rev-list[1], however other diff -options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. - --c:: - - This flag changes the way a merge commit is displayed. It shows - the differences from each of the parents to the merge result - simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent - and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files - which were modified from all parents. - ---cc:: - - This flag implies the '-c' options 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. - --r:: - - Show recursive diffs. - --t:: - - Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies '-r'. -endif::git-rev-list[] - 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. +limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit +ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'. -- -n 'number':: --max-count=<number>:: - Limit the number of commits output. + Limit the number of commits to output. --skip=<number>:: @@ -228,29 +97,29 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/` are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. ---branches[=pattern]:: +--branches[=<pattern>]:: Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed - on the command line as '<commit>'. If `pattern` is given, limit + 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. ---tags[=pattern]:: +--tags[=<pattern>]:: Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/tags` are listed - on the command line as '<commit>'. If `pattern` is given, limit + 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. ---remotes[=pattern]:: +--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. + 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. ---glob=glob-pattern:: - Pretend as if all the refs matching shell glob `glob-pattern` +--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. @@ -290,8 +159,8 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] + For example, if you have two branches, `A` and `B`, a usual way to list all commits on only one side of them is with -`--left-right`, like the example above in the description of -that option. It however shows the commits that were cherry-picked +`--left-right` (see the example below in the description of +the `--left-right` option). It however shows the commits that were cherry-picked from the other branch (for example, "3rd on b" may be cherry-picked from branch A). With this option, such pairs of commits are excluded from the output. @@ -303,7 +172,7 @@ excluded from the output. reflog entries from the most recent one to older ones. When this option is used you cannot specify commits to exclude (that is, '{caret}commit', 'commit1..commit2', - nor 'commit1...commit2' notations cannot be used). + nor 'commit1\...commit2' notations cannot be used). + With '\--pretty' format other than oneline (for obvious reasons), this causes the output to have two extra lines of information @@ -375,6 +244,14 @@ Default mode:: merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected commits contributing to this merge. +--ancestry-path:: + + When given a range of commits to display (e.g. 'commit1..commit2' + or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits that exist + directly on the ancestry chain between the 'commit1' and + 'commit2', i.e. commits that are both descendants of 'commit1', + and ancestors of 'commit2'. + A more detailed explanation follows. Suppose you specified `foo` as the <paths>. We shall call commits @@ -431,7 +308,7 @@ This results in: + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- .-A---N---O - / / + / / / I---------D ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + @@ -502,8 +379,6 @@ Note that without '\--full-history', this still simplifies merges: if one of the parents is TREESAME, we follow only that one, so the other sides of the merge are never walked. -Finally, there is a fourth simplification mode available: - --simplify-merges:: First, build a history graph in the same way that @@ -545,6 +420,46 @@ Note the major differences in `N` and `P` over '\--full-history': removed completely, because it had one parent and is TREESAME. -- +Finally, there is a fifth simplification mode available: + +--ancestry-path:: + + Limit the displayed commits to those directly on the ancestry + chain between the "from" and "to" commits in the given commit + range. I.e. only display commits that are ancestor of the "to" + commit, and descendants of the "from" commit. ++ +As an example use case, consider the following commit history: ++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + D---E-------F + / \ \ + B---C---G---H---I---J + / \ + A-------K---------------L--M +----------------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +A regular 'D..M' computes the set of commits that are ancestors of `M`, +but excludes the ones that are ancestors of `D`. This is useful to see +what happened to the history leading to `M` since `D`, in the sense +that "what does `M` have that did not exist in `D`". The result in this +example would be all the commits, except `A` and `B` (and `D` itself, +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' +option does. Applied to the 'D..M' range, it results in: ++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + E-------F + \ \ + G---H---I---J + \ + L--M +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + The '\--simplify-by-decoration' option allows you to view only the big picture of the topology of the history, by omitting commits that are not referenced by tags. Commits are marked as !TREESAME @@ -666,3 +581,158 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of git repositories. --do-walk:: Overrides a previous --no-walk. + +Commit Formatting +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +ifdef::git-rev-list[] +Using these options, linkgit:git-rev-list[1] will act similar to the +more specialized family of commit log tools: linkgit:git-log[1], +linkgit:git-show[1], and linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] +endif::git-rev-list[] + +include::pretty-options.txt[] + +--relative-date:: + + Synonym for `--date=relative`. + +--date=(relative|local|default|iso|rfc|short|raw):: + + Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such + as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default + value for log command's --date option. ++ +`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time, +e.g. "2 hours ago". ++ +`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local timezone. ++ +`--date=iso` (or `--date=iso8601`) shows timestamps in ISO 8601 format. ++ +`--date=rfc` (or `--date=rfc2822`) shows timestamps in RFC 2822 +format, often found in E-mail messages. ++ +`--date=short` shows only date but not time, in `YYYY-MM-DD` format. ++ +`--date=raw` shows the date in the internal raw git format `%s %z` format. ++ +`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone +(either committer's or author's). + +ifdef::git-rev-list[] +--header:: + + Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each record is + separated with a NUL character. +endif::git-rev-list[] + +--parents:: + + Print also the parents of the commit (in the form "commit parent..."). + Also enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below. + +--children:: + + Print also the children of the commit (in the form "commit child..."). + Also enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below. + +ifdef::git-rev-list[] +--timestamp:: + Print the raw commit timestamp. +endif::git-rev-list[] + +--left-right:: + + Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from. + Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from + the right with `>`. If combined with `--boundary`, those + commits are prefixed with `-`. ++ +For example, if you have this topology: ++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + y---b---b branch B + / \ / + / . + / / \ + o---x---a---a branch A +----------------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +you would get an output like this: ++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + $ git rev-list --left-right --boundary --pretty=oneline A...B + + >bbbbbbb... 3rd on b + >bbbbbbb... 2nd on b + <aaaaaaa... 3rd on a + <aaaaaaa... 2nd on a + -yyyyyyy... 1st on b + -xxxxxxx... 1st on a +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + +--graph:: + + Draw a text-based graphical representation of the commit history + on the left hand side of the output. This may cause extra lines + to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history + to be drawn properly. ++ +This enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below. ++ +This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the +'--date-order' option may also be specified. + +ifdef::git-rev-list[] +--count:: + Print a number stating how many commits would have been + listed, and suppress all other output. When used together + with '--left-right', instead print the counts for left and + right commits, separated by a tab. +endif::git-rev-list[] + + +ifndef::git-rev-list[] +Diff Formatting +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Below are listed options that control the formatting of diff output. +Some of them are specific to linkgit:git-rev-list[1], however other diff +options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. + +-c:: + + With this option, diff output for a merge commit + shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result + simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent + and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files + which were modified from all parents. + +--cc:: + + This flag implies the '-c' options 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. + +-m:: + + This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like + regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry + and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against + the first parent is shown when '--first-parent' option is given; + in that case, the output represents the changes the merge + brought _into_ the then-current branch. + +-r:: + + Show recursive diffs. + +-t:: + + Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies '-r'. + +-s:: + Suppress diff output. +endif::git-rev-list[] |