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@@ -1,158 +1,3 @@
-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[]
-
Commit Limiting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -160,9 +5,18 @@ Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the
special notations explained in the description, additional commit
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.
@@ -192,22 +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::
@@ -220,17 +96,37 @@ 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.
--merges::
- Print only merge commits.
+ Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`.
--no-merges::
- Do not print commits with more than one parent.
+ Do not print commits with more than one parent. This is
+ exactly the same as `--max-parents=1`.
+
+--min-parents=<number>::
+--max-parents=<number>::
+--no-min-parents::
+--no-max-parents::
+
+ Show only commits which have at least (or at most) that many
+ commits. In particular, `--max-parents=1` is the same as `--no-merges`,
+ `--min-parents=2` is the same as `--merges`. `--max-parents=0`
+ gives all root commits and `--min-parents=3` all octopus merges.
++
+`--no-min-parents` and `--no-max-parents` reset these limits (to no limit)
+again. Equivalent forms are `--min-parents=0` (any commit has 0 or more
+parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit).
--first-parent::
Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
@@ -256,28 +152,32 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
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::
+
+ Upon seeing an invalid object name in the input, pretend as if
+ the bad input was not given.
ifndef::git-rev-list[]
--bisect::
@@ -305,6 +205,11 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
to /dev/null as the output does not have to be formatted.
endif::git-rev-list[]
+--cherry-mark::
+
+ Like `--cherry-pick` (see below) but mark equivalent commits
+ with `=` rather than omitting them, and inequivalent ones with `+`.
+
--cherry-pick::
Omit any commit that introduces the same change as
@@ -313,12 +218,33 @@ 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.
+--left-only::
+--right-only::
+
+ List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric range,
+ i.e. only those which would be marked `<` resp. `>` by
+ `--left-right`.
++
+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 `+` commits from `git cherry A B`.
+More precisely, `--cherry-pick --right-only --no-merges` gives the exact
+list.
+
+--cherry::
+
+ A synonym for `--right-only --cherry-mark --no-merges`; useful to
+ limit the output to the commits on our side and mark those that
+ have been applied to the other side of a forked history with
+ `git log --cherry upstream...mybranch`, similar to
+ `git cherry upstream mybranch`.
+
-g::
--walk-reflogs::
@@ -381,7 +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::
@@ -422,7 +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
@@ -564,7 +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
@@ -603,7 +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:
+
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -687,16 +613,33 @@ Commit Ordering
By default, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order.
+--date-order::
+ Show no parents before all of its children are shown, but
+ otherwise show commits in the commit timestamp order.
+
--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:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
- This option makes them appear in topological order (i.e.
- descendant commits are shown before their parents).
+ ---1----2----4----7
+ \ \
+ 3----5----6----8---
---date-order::
-
- 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::
@@ -728,10 +671,173 @@ 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::
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. When used together with
+ '--cherry-mark', omit patch equivalent commits from these
+ counts and print the count for equivalent 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' 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.
+
+-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[]