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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 5bf2a85..00ccf68 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ ordering and formatting options, such as `--reverse`. --after=<date>:: Show commits more recent than a specific date. +--since-as-filter=<date>:: + Show all commits more recent than a specific date. This visits + all commits in the range, rather than stopping at the first commit which + is older than a specific date. + --until=<date>:: --before=<date>:: Show commits older than a specific date. @@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] error to use this option unless `--walk-reflogs` is in use. --grep=<pattern>:: - Limit the commits output to ones with log message that + Limit the commits output to ones with a log message that 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 @@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] instead of ones that match at least one. --invert-grep:: - Limit the commits output to ones with log message that do not + Limit the commits output to ones with a log message that do not match the pattern specified with `--grep=<pattern>`. -i:: @@ -122,22 +127,34 @@ 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 - commit. This option can give a better overview when - viewing the evolution of a particular topic branch, - because merges into a topic branch tend to be only about - adjusting to updated upstream from time to time, and - this option allows you to ignore the individual commits - brought in to your history by such a merge. + When finding commits to include, follow only the first + parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. This option + can give a better overview when viewing the evolution of + a particular topic branch, because merges into a topic + branch tend to be only about adjusting to updated upstream + from time to time, and this option allows you to ignore + the individual commits brought in to your history by such + a merge. ifdef::git-log[] + This option also changes default diff format for merge commits to `first-parent`, see `--diff-merges=first-parent` for details. endif::git-log[] +--exclude-first-parent-only:: + When finding commits to exclude (with a '{caret}'), follow only + the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. + This can be used to find the set of changes in a topic branch + from the point where it diverged from the remote branch, given + that arbitrary merges can be valid topic branch changes. + --not:: Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack thereof) for all following revision specifiers, up to the next `--not`. + When used on the command line before --stdin, the revisions passed + through stdin will not be affected by it. Conversely, when passed + via standard input, the revisions passed on the command line will + not be affected by it. --all:: Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/`, along with `HEAD`, are @@ -182,6 +199,14 @@ respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob` or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given explicitly. +--exclude-hidden=[fetch|receive|uploadpack]:: + Do not include refs that would be hidden by `git-fetch`, + `git-receive-pack` or `git-upload-pack` by consulting the appropriate + `fetch.hideRefs`, `receive.hideRefs` or `uploadpack.hideRefs` + configuration along with `transfer.hideRefs` (see + linkgit:git-config[1]). This option affects the next pseudo-ref option + `--all` or `--glob` and is cleared after processing them. + --reflog:: Pretend as if all objects mentioned by reflogs are listed on the command line as `<commit>`. @@ -215,10 +240,13 @@ ifndef::git-rev-list[] endif::git-rev-list[] --stdin:: - In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command - line, read them from the standard input. If a `--` separator is - seen, stop reading commits and start reading paths to limit the - result. + In addition to getting arguments from the command line, read + them from standard input as well. This accepts commits and + pseudo-options like `--all` and `--glob=`. When a `--` separator + is seen, the following input is treated as paths and used to + limit the result. Flags like `--not` which are read via standard input + are only respected for arguments passed in the same way and will not + influence any subsequent command line arguments. ifdef::git-rev-list[] --quiet:: @@ -229,6 +257,7 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] to `/dev/null` as the output does not have to be formatted. --disk-usage:: +--disk-usage=human:: Suppress normal output; instead, print the sum of the bytes used for on-disk storage by the selected commits or objects. This is equivalent to piping the output into `git cat-file @@ -236,6 +265,8 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] faster (especially with `--use-bitmap-index`). See the `CAVEATS` section in linkgit:git-cat-file[1] for the limitations of what "on-disk storage" means. + With the optional value `human`, on-disk storage size is shown + in human-readable string(e.g. 12.24 Kib, 3.50 Mib). endif::git-rev-list[] --cherry-mark:: @@ -285,12 +316,12 @@ list. 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 -reflog) or as `ref@{timestamp}` (with the timestamp for that entry), +as `ref@{<Nth>}` (where _<Nth>_ is the reverse-chronological index in the +reflog) or as `ref@{<timestamp>}` (with the _<timestamp>_ for that entry), depending on a few rules: + -- -1. If the starting point is specified as `ref@{Nth}`, show the index +1. If the starting point is specified as `ref@{<Nth>}`, show the index format. + 2. If the starting point was specified as `ref@{now}`, show the @@ -310,8 +341,11 @@ 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 - conflict and don't exist on all heads to merge. + Show commits touching conflicted paths in the range `HEAD...<other>`, + where `<other>` is the first existing pseudoref in `MERGE_HEAD`, + `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`, `REVERT_HEAD` or `REBASE_HEAD`. Only works + when the index has unmerged entries. This option can be used to show + relevant commits when resolving conflicts from a 3-way merge. --boundary:: Output excluded boundary commits. Boundary commits are @@ -376,12 +410,14 @@ Default mode:: merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected commits contributing to this merge. ---ancestry-path:: +--ancestry-path[=<commit>]:: When given a range of commits to display (e.g. 'commit1..commit2' - or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits that exist - directly on the ancestry chain between the 'commit1' and - 'commit2', i.e. commits that are both descendants of 'commit1', - and ancestors of 'commit2'. + or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits in that range + that are ancestors of <commit>, descendants of <commit>, or + <commit> itself. If no commit is specified, use 'commit1' (the + excluded part of the range) as <commit>. Can be passed multiple + times; if so, a commit is included if it is any of the commits + given or if it is an ancestor or descendant of one of them. A more detailed explanation follows. @@ -555,11 +591,10 @@ Note the major differences in `N`, `P`, and `Q` over `--full-history`: There is another simplification mode available: ---ancestry-path:: - Limit the displayed commits to those directly on the ancestry - chain between the ``from'' and ``to'' commits in the given commit - range. I.e. only display commits that are ancestor of the ``to'' - commit and descendants of the ``from'' commit. +--ancestry-path[=<commit>]:: + Limit the displayed commits to those which are an ancestor of + <commit>, or which are a descendant of <commit>, or are <commit> + itself. + As an example use case, consider the following commit history: + @@ -591,6 +626,29 @@ option does. Applied to the 'D..M' range, it results in: \ L--M ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +We can also use `--ancestry-path=D` instead of `--ancestry-path` which +means the same thing when applied to the 'D..M' range but is just more +explicit. ++ +If we instead are interested in a given topic within this range, and all +commits affected by that topic, we may only want to view the subset of +`D..M` which contain that topic in their ancestry path. So, using +`--ancestry-path=H D..M` for example would result in: ++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + E + \ + G---H---I---J + \ + L--M +----------------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +Whereas `--ancestry-path=K D..M` would result in ++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + K---------------L--M +----------------------------------------------------------------------- Before discussing another option, `--show-pulls`, we need to create a new example history. @@ -646,7 +704,7 @@ Here, the merge commits `O` and `P` contribute extra noise, as they did not actually contribute a change to `file.txt`. They only merged a topic that was based on an older version of `file.txt`. This is a common issue in repositories using a workflow where many contributors work in -parallel and merge their topic branches along a single trunk: manu +parallel and merge their topic branches along a single trunk: many unrelated merges appear in the `--full-history` results. When using the `--simplify-merges` option, the commits `O` and `P` @@ -842,7 +900,7 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed commits. `--objects foo ^bar` thus means ``send me all object IDs which I need to download if I have the commit - object _bar_ but not _foo_''. + object _bar_ but not _foo_''. See also `--object-names` below. --in-commit-order:: Print tree and blob ids in order of the commits. The tree @@ -872,7 +930,12 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] --object-names:: Only useful with `--objects`; print the names of the object IDs - that are found. This is the default behavior. + that are found. This is the default behavior. Note that the + "name" of each object is ambiguous, and mostly intended as a + hint for packing objects. In particular: no distinction is made between + the names of tags, trees, and blobs; path names may be modified + to remove newlines; and if an object would appear multiple times + with different names, only one name is shown. --no-object-names:: Only useful with `--objects`; does not print the names of the object @@ -887,17 +950,17 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] + The form '--filter=blob:none' omits all blobs. + -The form '--filter=blob:limit=<n>[kmg]' omits blobs larger than n bytes -or units. n may be zero. The suffixes k, m, and g can be used to name -units in KiB, MiB, or GiB. For example, 'blob:limit=1k' is the same -as 'blob:limit=1024'. +The form '--filter=blob:limit=<n>[kmg]' omits blobs of size at least n +bytes or units. n may be zero. The suffixes k, m, and g can be used +to name units in KiB, MiB, or GiB. For example, 'blob:limit=1k' +is the same as 'blob:limit=1024'. + The form '--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)' omits all objects which are not of the requested type. + The form '--filter=sparse:oid=<blob-ish>' uses a sparse-checkout specification contained in the blob (or blob-expression) '<blob-ish>' -to omit blobs that would not be not required for a sparse checkout on +to omit blobs that would not be required for a sparse checkout on the requested refs. + The form '--filter=tree:<depth>' omits all blobs and trees whose depth @@ -959,6 +1022,10 @@ Unexpected missing objects will raise an error. + The form '--missing=print' is like 'allow-any', but will also print a list of the missing objects. Object IDs are prefixed with a ``?'' character. ++ +If some tips passed to the traversal are missing, they will be +considered as missing too, and the traversal will ignore them. In case +we cannot get their Object ID though, an error will be raised. --exclude-promisor-objects:: (For internal use only.) Prefilter object traversal at @@ -1047,23 +1114,31 @@ omitted. has no effect. `--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`, -except for %z and %Z, which are handled internally. +except for %s, %z, and %Z, which are handled internally. Use `--date=format:%c` to show the date in your system locale's preferred format. See the `strftime` manual for a complete list of format placeholders. When using `-local`, the correct syntax is `--date=format-local:...`. -`--date=default` is the default format, and is similar to -`--date=rfc2822`, with a few exceptions: +`--date=default` is the default format, and is based on ctime(3) +output. It shows a single line with three-letter day of the week, +three-letter month, day-of-month, hour-minute-seconds in "HH:MM:SS" +format, followed by 4-digit year, plus timezone information, unless +the local time zone is used, e.g. `Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 +0000`. -- - - there is no comma after the day-of-week - - - the time zone is omitted when the local time zone is used ifdef::git-rev-list[] --header:: Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each record is separated with a NUL character. + +--no-commit-header:: + Suppress the header line containing "commit" and the object ID printed before + the specified format. This has no effect on the built-in formats; only custom + formats are affected. + +--commit-header:: + Overrides a previous `--no-commit-header`. endif::git-rev-list[] --parents:: |