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[verse]
'git-rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
+ [ \--skip=number ]
[ \--max-age=timestamp ]
[ \--min-age=timestamp ]
[ \--sparse ]
[ \--remove-empty ]
[ \--not ]
[ \--all ]
+ [ \--stdin ]
[ \--topo-order ]
[ \--parents ]
+ [ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ]
+ [ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ]
[ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
[ \--pretty | \--header ]
[ \--bisect ]
more specialized family of commit log tools: gitlink:git-log[1],
gitlink:git-show[1], and gitlink:git-whatchanged[1]
---pretty[='<format>']::
-
- Pretty print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
- where '<format>' can be one of 'raw', 'medium', 'short', 'full',
- and 'oneline'. When left out the format default to 'medium'.
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
--relative-date::
Limit the number of commits output.
+--skip='number'::
+
+ Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output.
+
--since='date', --after='date'::
Show commits more recent than a specific date.
Limit the commits output to specified time range.
+--author='pattern', --committer='pattern'::
+
+ Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
+ header lines that match the specified pattern.
+
+--grep='pattern'::
+
+ Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
+ matches the specified pattern.
+
--remove-empty::
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are listed on the
command line as '<commit>'.
+--stdin::
+
+ In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command
+ line, read them from the standard input.
+
--merge::
After a failed merge, show refs that touch files having a