NAME
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-git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters.
+git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-Many git Porcelainish commands take mixture of flags
+Many git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags
(i.e. parameters that begin with a dash '-') and parameters
meant for underlying `git-rev-list` command they use internally
and flags and parameters for other commands they use as the
--all::
Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`.
+--branches::
+ Show branch refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`.
+
+--tags::
+ Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags`.
+
+--remotes::
+ Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes`.
+
--show-prefix::
When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
path of the current directory relative to the top-level
path of the top-level directory relative to the current
directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).
+--git-dir::
+ Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory.
+
+--short, --short=number::
+ Instead of outputting the full SHA1 values of object names try to
+ abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
+ 7 is used. The minimum length is 4.
+
--since=datestring, --after=datestring::
Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
--max-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can
explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
+* A suffix '@' followed by a date specification enclosed in a brace
+ pair (e.g. '\{yesterday\}', '\{1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1
+ second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value
+ of the ref at a prior point in time. This suffix may only be
+ used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
+ existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+
* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
that commit object. '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
'rev{caret}'