Synonym for `--date=relative`.
---date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}::
+--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
+
`--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).
-c::
- This flag changes the way a merge commit is displayed. It shows
- the differences from each of the parents to the merge result
+ 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.
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.
--
-n 'number'::
---max-count='number'::
+--max-count=<number>::
Limit the number of commits output.
---skip='number'::
+--skip=<number>::
Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output.
---since='date'::
---after='date'::
+--since=<date>::
+--after=<date>::
Show commits more recent than a specific date.
---until='date'::
---before='date'::
+--until=<date>::
+--before=<date>::
Show commits older than a specific date.
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
---max-age='timestamp'::
---min-age='timestamp'::
+--max-age=<timestamp>::
+--min-age=<timestamp>::
Limit the commits output to specified time range.
endif::git-rev-list[]
---author='pattern'::
---committer='pattern'::
+--author=<pattern>::
+--committer=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression).
---grep='pattern'::
+--grep=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
matches the specified pattern (regular expression).
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
+--merges::
+
+ Print only merge commits.
+
--no-merges::
Do not print commits with more than one parent.
--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
--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
--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
may not compile for example).
-
++
This option can be used along with `--bisect-vars`, in this case,
after all the sorted commit objects, there will be the same text as if
`--bisect-vars` had been used alone.