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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 44a2ef1de1..7e7ba68781 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -1,171 +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 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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>:: @@ -226,11 +72,26 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --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 @@ -278,6 +139,10 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' 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 +170,11 @@ 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 +183,33 @@ 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 `{plus}` 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:: @@ -735,3 +626,161 @@ 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. 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' 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[] |