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2014-08-29pretty: provide a strict ISO 8601 date formatLibravatar Beat Bolli1-1/+1
Git's "ISO" date format does not really conform to the ISO 8601 standard due to small differences, and it cannot be parsed by ISO 8601-only parsers, e.g. those of XML toolchains. The output from "--date=iso" deviates from ISO 8601 in these ways: - a space instead of the `T` date/time delimiter - a space between time and time zone - no colon between hours and minutes of the time zone Add a strict ISO 8601 date format for displaying committer and author dates. Use the '%aI' and '%cI' format specifiers and add '--date=iso-strict' or '--date=iso8601-strict' date format names. See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/255879 and http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/52414/focus=52585 for discussion. Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <bbolli@ewanet.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-30rev-list: add bitmap mode to speed up object listsLibravatar Vicent Marti1-0/+1
The bitmap reachability index used to speed up the counting objects phase during `pack-objects` can also be used to optimize a normal rev-list if the only thing required are the SHA1s of the objects during the list (i.e., not the path names at which trees and blobs were found). Calling `git rev-list --objects --use-bitmap-index [committish]` will perform an object iteration based on a bitmap result instead of actually walking the object graph. These are some example timings for `torvalds/linux` (warm cache, best-of-five): $ time git rev-list --objects master > /dev/null real 0m34.191s user 0m33.904s sys 0m0.268s $ time git rev-list --objects --use-bitmap-index master > /dev/null real 0m1.041s user 0m0.976s sys 0m0.064s Likewise, using `git rev-list --count --use-bitmap-index` will speed up the counting operation by building the resulting bitmap and performing a fast popcount (number of bits set on the bitmap) on the result. Here are some sample timings of different ways to count commits in `torvalds/linux`: $ time git rev-list master | wc -l 399882 real 0m6.524s user 0m6.060s sys 0m3.284s $ time git rev-list --count master 399882 real 0m4.318s user 0m4.236s sys 0m0.076s $ time git rev-list --use-bitmap-index --count master 399882 real 0m0.217s user 0m0.176s sys 0m0.040s This also respects negative refs, so you can use it to count a slice of history: $ time git rev-list --count v3.0..master 144843 real 0m1.971s user 0m1.932s sys 0m0.036s $ time git rev-list --use-bitmap-index --count v3.0..master real 0m0.280s user 0m0.220s sys 0m0.056s Though note that the closer the endpoints, the less it helps. In the traversal case, we have fewer commits to cross, so we take less time. But the bitmap time is dominated by generating the pack revindex, which is constant with respect to the refs given. Note that you cannot yet get a fast --left-right count of a symmetric difference (e.g., "--count --left-right master...topic"). The slow part of that walk actually happens during the merge-base determination when we parse "master...topic". Even though a count does not actually need to know the real merge base (it only needs to take the symmetric difference of the bitmaps), the revision code would require some refactoring to handle this case. Additionally, a `--test-bitmap` flag has been added that will perform the same rev-list manually (i.e. using a normal revwalk) and using bitmaps, and verify that the results are the same. This can be used to exercise the bitmap code, and also to verify that the contents of the .bitmap file are sane. Signed-off-by: Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-08-05log doc: the argument to --encoding is not optionalLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+1
$ git log --encoding fatal: Option '--encoding' requires a value $ git rev-list --encoding fatal: Option '--encoding' requires a value The argument to --encoding has always been mandatory. Unfortunately manpages like git-rev-list(1), git-log(1), and git-show(1) have described the option's syntax as "--encoding[=<encoding>]" since it was first documented. Clarify by removing the extra brackets. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-01Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git'Libravatar Thomas Ackermann1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-19show: --ignore-missingLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
Instead of barfing, simply ignore bad object names seen in the input. This is useful when reading from "git notes list" output that may refer to objects that have already been garbage collected. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-26Merge branch 'mg/rev-list-n-parents'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
* mg/rev-list-n-parents: tests: avoid nonportable {foo,bar} glob rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc, test and completion revision.c: introduce --min-parents and --max-parents options t6009: use test_commit() from test-lib.sh
2011-03-23rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc, test and completionLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-0/+4
This also adds test for "--merges" and "--no-merges" which we did not have so far. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-22Merge branch 'mg/rev-list-one-side-only'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
* mg/rev-list-one-side-only: git-log: put space after commit mark t6007: test rev-list --cherry log --cherry: a synonym rev-list: documentation and test for --cherry-mark revision.c: introduce --cherry-mark rev-list/log: factor out revision mark generation rev-list: --left/right-only are mutually exclusive rev-list: documentation and test for --left/right-only t6007: Make sure we test --cherry-pick revlist.c: introduce --left/right-only for unsymmetric picking
2011-03-11doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesLibravatar Jeff King1-10/+0
The point of these sections is generally to: 1. Give credit where it is due. 2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or file bug reports. But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless. So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section to give credit to the major contributors and point to shortlog and blame for more information. Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can follow that to the main git manpage.
2011-03-09rev-list: documentation and test for --cherry-markLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-21rev-list: documentation and test for --left/right-onlyLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-10-08Use parentheses and `...' where appropriateLibravatar Štěpán Němec1-1/+1
Remove some stray usage of other bracket types and asterisks for the same purpose. Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-10-08Use angles for placeholders consistentlyLibravatar Štěpán Němec1-8/+8
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-23Documentation: rev-list: fix synopsys for --tags and and --remotesLibravatar Christian Couder1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-22Merge branch 'il/rev-glob'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+4
* il/rev-glob: Documentation: improve description of --glob=pattern and friends rev-parse --branches/--tags/--remotes=pattern rev-parse --glob
2010-01-20rev-parse --branches/--tags/--remotes=patternLibravatar Ilari Liusvaara1-3/+3
Since local branch, tags and remote tracking branch namespaces are most often used, add shortcut notations for globbing those in manner similar to --glob option. With this, one can express the "what I have but origin doesn't?" as: 'git log --branches --not --remotes=origin' Original-idea-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-20rev-parse --globLibravatar Ilari Liusvaara1-0/+1
Add --glob=<glob-pattern> option to rev-parse and everything that accepts its options. This option matches all refs that match given shell glob pattern (complete with some DWIM logic). Example: 'git log --branches --not --glob=remotes/origin' To show what you have that origin doesn't. Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-10Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughoutLibravatar Thomas Rast1-3/+3
The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax: both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist. The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands., 2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants. Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the $PATH.
2009-08-12Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint: push: point to 'git pull' and 'git push --force' in case of non-fast forward Documentation: add: <filepattern>... is optional Change mentions of "git programs" to "git commands" Documentation: merge: one <remote> is required help.c: give correct structure's size to memset()
2009-08-12Merge branch 'maint-1.6.3' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint-1.6.3: Change mentions of "git programs" to "git commands" Documentation: merge: one <remote> is required help.c: give correct structure's size to memset()
2009-08-12Change mentions of "git programs" to "git commands"Libravatar Ori Avtalion1-1/+1
Most of the docs and printouts refer to "commands" when discussing what the end users call via the "git" top-level program. We should refer them as "git programs" when we discuss the fact that the commands are implemented as separate programs, but in other contexts, it is better to use the term "git commands" consistently. Signed-off-by: Ori Avtalion <ori@avtalion.name> Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-08-06git-rev-list.txt: Clarify the use of multiple revision argumentsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-8/+14
If one thinks of a revision as the set of commits which can be reached from the rev, and of ^rev as the complement, then multiple arguments to git rev-list can be neither understood as the intersection nor the union of the individual sets. But set language is the natural as well as logical language in which to phrase this. So, add a paragraph which explains multiple arguments using set language. Suggested-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-07-13Document 'git (rev-list|log) --merges'Libravatar SZEDER Gábor1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-01Documentation: remove '\' in front of short optionsLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-3/+3
... because they show up in the man and html outputs. This escaping is only needed for double dashes to be compatible with older asciidoc versions; see commit e1ccf53 ([PATCH] Escape asciidoc's built-in em-dash replacement, 2005-09-12). Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-07-05manpages: italicize git command names (which were in teletype font)Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+3
The names of git commands are not meant to be entered at the commandline; they are just names. So we render them in italics, as is usual for command names in manpages. Using doit () { perl -e 'for (<>) { s/\`(git-[^\`.]*)\`/'\''\1'\''/g; print }' } for i in git*.txt config.txt diff*.txt blame*.txt fetch*.txt i18n.txt \ merge*.txt pretty*.txt pull*.txt rev*.txt urls*.txt do doit <"$i" >"$i+" && mv "$i+" "$i" done git diff . Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation formatting and cleanupLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+3
Following what appears to be the predominant style, format names of commands and commandlines both as `teletype text`. While we're at it, add articles ("a" and "the") in some places, italicize the name of the command in the manual page synopsis line, and add a comma or two where it seems appropriate. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-5/+5
Since the git-* commands are not installed in $(bindir), using "git-command <parameters>" in examples in the documentation is not a good idea. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to refer to each command using one hyphenated word. (There is no escaping it, anyway: man page names cannot have spaces in them.) This patch retains the dash in naming an operation, command, program, process, or action. Complete command lines that can be entered at a shell (i.e., without options omitted) are made to use the dashless form. The changes consist only of replacing some spaces with hyphens and vice versa. After a "s/ /-/g", the unpatched and patched versions are identical. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-06documentation: move git(7) to git(1)Libravatar Christian Couder1-1/+1
As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-29rev-list: add --branches, --tags and --remotesLibravatar Uwe Kleine-König1-0/+3
These flags are already known to rev-parse and have the same meaning. This patch allows to run gitk as follows: gitk --branches --not --remotes to show only your local work. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-26Add '--fixed-strings' option to "git log --grep" and friendsLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-0/+1
Add support for -F | --fixed-strings option to "git log --grep" and friends: "git log --author", "git log --committer=<pattern>". Code is based on implementation of this option in "git grep". Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-18Include rev-list options in git-log manpage.Libravatar Miklos Vajna1-357/+2
Replace the "This manual page describes only the most frequently used options." text with the list of rev-list options in git-log manpage. (The git-diff-tree options are already included.) Move these options to a separate file and include it from both git-rev-list.txt and git-log.txt. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-06Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitLibravatar Dan McGee1-10/+10
Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case gitlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-12-26Fix documentation of --first-parent in git-log and copy it to git-rev-listLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
Credit goes to Avi Kivity for noticing the lack of description in rev-list manual page. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-12-18Fix some documentation typos.Libravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-11rev-list: Introduce --quiet to avoid /dev/null redirectsLibravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-0/+9
Some uses of git-rev-list are to run it with --objects to see if a range of objects between two or more commits is fully connected or not. In such a case the caller doesn't care about the actual object names or hash hints so formatting this data only for it to be dumped to /dev/null by a redirect is a waste of CPU time. If all the caller needs is the exit status then --quiet can be used to bypass the commit and object formatting. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2007-10-26rev-list documentation: add "--bisect-all".Libravatar Christian Couder1-0/+16
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2007-08-24Documentation: Correct various misspellings and typos.Libravatar Brian Hetro1-1/+1
Fix minor typos throughout the documentation. Signed-off-by: Brian Hetro <whee@smaertness.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-08-22Fix breakage in git-rev-list.txtLibravatar Quy Tonthat1-3/+3
Also fix some innocent missing of quotes. Signed-off-by: Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-08-19Don't allow combination of -g and --reverse as it doesn't workLibravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-0/+3
The --walk-reflogs logic and the --reverse logic are completely incompatible with one another. Attempting to use both at the same time leads to confusing results that sometimes violates the user's formatting options or ignores the user's request to see the reflog message and timestamp. Unfortunately the implementation of both of these features is glued onto the side of the revision walking machinary in such a way that they are probably not going to be easy to make them compatible with each other. Rather than offering the user confusing results we are better off bailing out with an error message until such a time as the implementations can be refactored to be compatible. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-07-23Teach revision machinery about --no-walkLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+9
The flag "no_walk" is present in struct rev_info since a long time, but so far has been in use exclusively by "git show". With this flag, you can see all your refs, ordered by date of the last commit: $ git log --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline --decorate --all --no-walk which is extremely helpful if you have to juggle with a lot topic branches, and do not remember in which one you introduced that uber debug option, or simply want to get an overview what is cooking. (Note that the "git log" invocation above does not output the same as $ git show --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline --decorate --all --quiet since "git show" keeps the alphabetic order that "--all" returns the refs in, even if the option "--date-order" was passed.) For good measure, this also adds the "--do-walk" option which overrides "--no-walk". Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-07-22Synonyms: -i == --regexp-ignore-case, -E == --extended-regexpLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+4
These options to log family were too long to type. Give them shorter synonyms. Fix the parsing of the long options while at it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-07-13Document new --date=<format>Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+9
Now, git-log family can take full range of internally supported date format to their --date=<format> argument. Document it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-07-02Documentation: quote {non-attributes} for asciidocLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+2
Asciidoc treats {foo} as an attribute to be substituted; if 'foo' doesn't exist as an attribute, then the entire line gets dropped. When the literal {foo} is desired, \{foo} is required. The exceptions to this rule are: - inside literal blocks - if the 'foo' contains non-alphanumeric characters (e.g., {foo|bar} is assumed not to be an attribute) Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-16Document git rev-list --timestampLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-0/+4
Note that git log does not understand this option yet: $ git log --timestamp fatal: unrecognized argument: --timestamp Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-16Document git rev-list --full-historyLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-0/+9
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-05-20git-rev-list: Add regexp tuning optionsLibravatar Petr Baudis1-0/+10
This patch introduces --extended-regexp and --regexp-ignore-case options to tune what kind of patterns the pattern-limiting options (--grep, --author, ...) accept. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18Merge 1.5.1.5 inLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18Documentation: git-rev-list's "patterns"Libravatar Petr Baudis1-2/+2
git-rev-list(1) talks about patterns as values for the --grep, --committed etc. parameters, without going into detail. This patch mentions that these patterns are actually regexps. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-13Documentation: Split description of pretty formats of commit logLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-1/+5
Split description of pretty formats into list of pretty options (--pretty and --encoding) in new file Documentation/pretty-options.txt and description of formats itself as a separate "PRETTY FORMATS" section in pretty-formats.txt While at it correct formatting a bit, to be better laid out in the resulting manpages: git-rev-list(1), git-show(1), git-log(1) and git-diff-tree(1). Those manpages now include pretty options in the same place as it was before, and description of formats just after all options. Inspired by the split into two filesdocumentation for merge strategies: Documentation/merge-options.txt and Documentation/merge-strategies.txt Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-25Add --date={local,relative,default}Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+13
This adds --date={local,relative,default} option to log family of commands, to allow displaying timestamps in user's local timezone, relative time, or the default format. Existing --relative-date option is a synonym of --date=relative; we could probably deprecate it in the long run. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>