git-rev-list(1)
===============
-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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-'git-rev-list' [ *--max-count*=number ] [ *--max-age*=timestamp ] [ *--min-age*=timestamp ] [ *--bisect* ] [ *--pretty* ] [ *--objects* ] [ *--merge-order* [ *--show-breaks* ] ] <commit> [ <commit> ...] [ ^<commit> ...]
+[verse]
+'git-rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
+ [ \--max-age=timestamp ]
+ [ \--min-age=timestamp ]
+ [ \--sparse ]
+ [ \--no-merges ]
+ [ \--remove-empty ]
+ [ \--all ]
+ [ [ \--merge-order [ \--show-breaks ] ] | [ \--topo-order ] ]
+ [ \--parents ]
+ [ \--objects [ \--unpacked ] ]
+ [ \--pretty | \--header ]
+ [ \--bisect ]
+ <commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
DESCRIPTION
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given commit(s), taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
useful to produce human-readable log output.
-Commits which are stated with a preceding '^' cause listing to stop at
-that point. Their parents are implied. "git-rev-list foo bar ^baz" thus
+Commits which are stated with a preceding '{caret}' cause listing to stop at
+that point. Their parents are implied. "git-rev-list foo bar {caret}baz" thus
means "list all the commits which are included in 'foo' and 'bar', but
not in 'baz'".
+A special notation <commit1>..<commit2> can be used as a
+short-hand for {caret}<commit1> <commit2>.
+
+
OPTIONS
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--pretty::
Print the contents of the commit changesets in human-readable form.
+--header::
+ Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each
+ record is separated with a NUL character.
+
--objects::
Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed commits.
'git-rev-list --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'".
+--unpacked::
+ Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that
+ are not in packs.
+
--bisect::
Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway
between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if 'git-rev-list
repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain
is of length one.
+--max-count::
+ Limit the number of commits output.
+
+--max-age=timestamp, --min-age=timestamp::
+ Limit the commits output to specified time range.
+
+--sparse::
+ When optional paths are given, the command outputs only
+ the commits that changes at least one of them, and also
+ ignores merges that do not touch the given paths. This
+ flag makes the command output all eligible commits
+ (still subject to count and age limitation), but apply
+ merge simplification nevertheless.
+
+--remove-empty::
+ Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
+
+--all::
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are
+ listed on the command line as <commit>.
+
+--topo-order::
+ By default, the commits are shown in reverse
+ chronological order. This option makes them appear in
+ topological order (i.e. descendant commits are shown
+ before their parents).
+
--merge-order::
When specified the commit history is decomposed into a unique
sequence of minimal, non-linear epochs and maximal, linear epochs.
+
Commits marked with (^) are not parents of the immediately preceding commit.
These "breaks" represent necessary discontinuities implied by trying to
-represent an arbtirary DAG in a linear form.
+represent an arbitrary DAG in a linear form.
+
-*--show-breaks* is only valid if *--merge-order* is also specified.
+`--show-breaks` is only valid if `--merge-order` is also specified.
+
Author
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