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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index bf66116d61..81c0e6f184 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -225,30 +225,54 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --all:: - Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are listed on the + Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/` are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. ---branches:: +--branches[=pattern]:: - Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` are listed - on the command line as '<commit>'. + 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. ---tags:: +--tags[=pattern]:: - Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are listed - on the command line as '<commit>'. + Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/tags` are listed + on the command line as '<commit>'. If `pattern` is given, limit + tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '*', + or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. ---remotes:: +--remotes[=pattern]:: - Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes` are listed - on the command line as '<commit>'. + 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. + +--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. + + +ifndef::git-rev-list[] +--bisect:: + + Pretend as if the bad bisection ref `refs/bisect/bad` + was listed and as if it was followed by `--not` and the good + bisection refs `refs/bisect/good-*` on the command + line. +endif::git-rev-list[] -ifdef::git-rev-list[] --stdin:: In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command - line, read them from the standard input. + line, read them from the standard input. If a '--' separator is + seen, stop reading commits and start reading paths to limit the + result. +ifdef::git-rev-list[] --quiet:: Don't print anything to standard output. This form @@ -536,7 +560,11 @@ Bisection Helpers --bisect:: Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between -the included and excluded commits. Thus, if +included and excluded commits. Note that the bad bisection ref +`refs/bisect/bad` is added to the included commits (if it +exists) and the good bisection refs `refs/bisect/good-*` are +added to the excluded commits (if they exist). Thus, supposing there +are no refs in `refs/bisect/`, if ----------------------------------------------------------------------- $ git rev-list --bisect foo ^bar ^baz @@ -556,22 +584,24 @@ one. --bisect-vars:: -This calculates the same as `--bisect`, but outputs text ready -to be eval'ed by the shell. These lines will assign the name of -the midpoint revision to the variable `bisect_rev`, and the -expected number of commits to be tested after `bisect_rev` is -tested to `bisect_nr`, the expected number of commits to be -tested if `bisect_rev` turns out to be good to `bisect_good`, -the expected number of commits to be tested if `bisect_rev` -turns out to be bad to `bisect_bad`, and the number of commits -we are bisecting right now to `bisect_all`. +This calculates the same as `--bisect`, except that refs in +`refs/bisect/` are not used, and except that this outputs +text ready to be eval'ed by the shell. These lines will assign the +name of the midpoint revision to the variable `bisect_rev`, and the +expected number of commits to be tested after `bisect_rev` is tested +to `bisect_nr`, the expected number of commits to be tested if +`bisect_rev` turns out to be good to `bisect_good`, the expected +number of commits to be tested if `bisect_rev` turns out to be bad to +`bisect_bad`, and the number of commits we are bisecting right now to +`bisect_all`. --bisect-all:: This outputs all the commit objects between the included and excluded commits, ordered by their distance to the included and excluded -commits. The farthest from them is displayed first. (This is the only -one displayed by `--bisect`.) +commits. Refs in `refs/bisect/` are not used. The farthest +from them is displayed first. (This is the only one displayed by +`--bisect`.) + This is useful because it makes it easy to choose a good commit to test when you want to avoid to test some of them for some reason (they |