depending on the subcommand:
[verse]
-git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
+'git reflog expire' [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
[--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>...
-
-git reflog delete ref@\{specifier\}...
-
-git reflog [show] [log-options] [<ref>]
++
+'git reflog delete' ref@\{specifier\}...
++
+'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>]
Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are
updated. This command is to manage the information recorded in it.
The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries.
Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than
-`expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current
+`expire-unreachable` time and not reachable from the current
tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used
directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1].
subcommands) will take all the normal log options, and show the log of
the reference provided in the command-line (or `HEAD`, by default).
The reflog will cover all recent actions (HEAD reflog records branch switching
-as well). It is an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline';
+as well). It is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline`;
see linkgit:git-log[1].
The reflog is useful in various git commands, to specify the old value
more details.
To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete"
-and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. ``git reflog delete master@\{2\}'').
+and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete master@\{2\}`").
OPTIONS
refs.
+
This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
-has the same cost as 'git prune'. Fortunately, once this is run, we
+has the same cost as 'git-prune'. Fortunately, once this is run, we
should not have to ever worry about missing objects, because the current
prune and pack-objects know about reflogs and protect objects referred by
them.
which in turn defaults to 90 days.
--expire-unreachable=<time>::
- Entries older than this time and are not reachable from
+ Entries older than this time and not reachable from
the current tip of the branch are pruned. Without the
option it is taken from configuration
`gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults to
Author
------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
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GIT
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-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite