4 files changed, 36 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 1a60cc1329..4515cab519 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -142,19 +142,25 @@ archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion.
 
 [[commit-reference]]
 If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable
-branch, use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)",
-with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this:
+branch, use the format "abbreviated hash (subject, date)", like this:
 
 ....
-	Commit f86a374 ("pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak", 2015-03-30)
+	Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)
 	noticed that ...
 ....
 
 The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
-format, or this invocation of `git show`:
+format (with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes), or this
+invocation of `git show`:
 
 ....
-	git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h ("%s", %ad)' <commit>
+	git show -s --pretty=reference <commit>
+....
+
+or, on an older version of Git without support for --pretty=reference:
+
+....
+	git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h (%s, %ad)' <commit>
 ....
 
 [[git-tools]]
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 31c6e8d2b8..1a7212ce5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PRETTY FORMATS
 If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format
 is not 'oneline', 'email' or 'raw', an additional line is
 inserted before the 'Author:' line.  This line begins with
-"Merge: " and the sha1s of ancestral commits are printed,
+"Merge: " and the hashes of ancestral commits are printed,
 separated by spaces.  Note that the listed commits may not
 necessarily be the list of the *direct* parent commits if you
 have limited your view of history: for example, if you are
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ built-in formats:
 
 * 'oneline'
 
-	  <sha1> <title line>
+	  <hash> <title line>
 +
 This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 * 'short'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author: <author>
 
 	      <title line>
 
 * 'medium'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author: <author>
 	  Date:   <author date>
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 * 'full'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author: <author>
 	  Commit: <committer>
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 * 'fuller'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author:     <author>
 	  AuthorDate: <author date>
 	  Commit:     <committer>
@@ -63,9 +63,20 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 	       <full commit message>
 
+* 'reference'
+
+	  <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>)
++
+This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and
+is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`.  By default,
+the date is formatted with `--date=short` unless another `--date` option
+is explicitly specified.  As with any `format:` with format
+placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
+`--decorate` and `--walk-reflogs`.
+
 * 'email'
 
-	  From <sha1> <date>
+	  From <hash> <date>
 	  From: <author>
 	  Date: <author date>
 	  Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 * 'raw'
 +
 The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as
-stored in the commit object.  Notably, the SHA-1s are
+stored in the commit object.  Notably, the hashes are
 displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
 --no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
 true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
@@ -172,6 +183,7 @@ The placeholders are:
 '%at':: author date, UNIX timestamp
 '%ai':: author date, ISO 8601-like format
 '%aI':: author date, strict ISO 8601 format
+'%as':: author date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
 '%cn':: committer name
 '%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
 	linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
@@ -187,6 +199,7 @@ The placeholders are:
 '%ct':: committer date, UNIX timestamp
 '%ci':: committer date, ISO 8601-like format
 '%cI':: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
+'%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
 '%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
 '%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
 '%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 6893a4a7ba..7a6da6db78 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 	Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
 	where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
-	'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>'
+	'full', 'fuller', 'reference', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>'
 	and 'tformat:<string>'.  When '<format>' is none of the above,
 	and has '%placeholder' in it, it acts as if
 	'--pretty=tformat:<format>' were given.
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index f63ced607c..bfd02ade99 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ list.
 	exclude (that is, '{caret}commit', 'commit1..commit2',
 	and 'commit1\...commit2' notations cannot be used).
 +
-With `--pretty` format other than `oneline` (for obvious reasons),
+With `--pretty` format other than `oneline` and `reference` (for obvious reasons),
 this causes the output to have two extra lines of information
 taken from the reflog.  The reflog designator in the output may be shown
 as `ref@{Nth}` (where `Nth` is the reverse-chronological index in the
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ Under `--pretty=oneline`, the commit message is
 prefixed with this information on the same line.
 This option cannot be combined with `--reverse`.
 See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
++
+Under `--pretty=reference`, this information will not be shown at all.
 
 --merge::
 	After a failed merge, show refs that touch files having a