OPTIONS
-------
+--parseopt::
+ Use `git-rev-parse` in option parsing mode (see PARSEOPT section below).
+
+--keep-dash-dash::
+ Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Tells the option parser to echo
+ out the first `--` met instead of skipping it.
+
--revs-only::
Do not output flags and parameters not meant for
`git-rev-list` command.
The parameter given must be usable as a single, valid
object name. Otherwise barf and abort.
+-q, --quiet::
+ Only meaningful in `--verify` mode. Do not output an error
+ message if the first argument is not a valid object name;
+ instead exit with non-zero status silently.
+
--sq::
Usually the output is made one line per flag and
parameter. This option makes output a single line,
possible '{caret}' prefix); this option makes them output in a
form as close to the original input as possible.
+--symbolic-full-name::
+ This is similar to \--symbolic, but it omits input that
+ are not refs (i.e. branch or tag names; or more
+ explicitly disambiguating "heads/master" form, when you
+ want to name the "master" branch when there is an
+ unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
+ refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
--all::
Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`.
--git-dir::
Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory.
+--is-inside-git-dir::
+ When the current working directory is below the repository
+ directory print "true", otherwise "false".
+
+--is-inside-work-tree::
+ When the current working directory is inside the work tree of the
+ repository print "true", otherwise "false".
+
+--is-bare-repository::
+ When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false".
+
--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
used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+* A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification
+ enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify
+ the n-th prior value of that ref. For example 'master@\{1\}'
+ is the immediate prior value of 'master' while 'master@\{5\}'
+ is the 5th prior value of 'master'. This suffix may only be used
+ immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an existing
+ log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+
+* You can use the '@' construct with an empty ref part to get at a
+ reflog of the current branch. For example, if you are on the
+ branch 'blabla', then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'.
+
* 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}'
and dereference the tag recursively until a non-tag object is
found.
+* A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text: this names
+ a commit whose commit message starts with the specified text.
+ This name returns the youngest matching commit which is
+ reachable from any ref. If the commit message starts with a
+ '!', you have to repeat that; the special sequence ':/!',
+ followed by something else than '!' is reserved for now.
+
* A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree
at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
before the colon.
* A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the
index at the given path. Missing stage number (and the colon
- that follows it) names an stage 0 entry.
+ that follows it) names a stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage
+ 1 is the common ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version
+ (typically the current branch), and stage 3 is the version from
+ the branch being merged.
-Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both node B and C are
-a commit parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered
+Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both commit nodes B
+and C are parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered
left-to-right.
G H I J
\ / \ /
D E F
- \ | / \
+ \ | / \
\ | / |
\|/ |
B C
A similar notation "`r1\...r2`" is called symmetric difference
of `r1` and `r2` and is defined as
"`r1 r2 --not $(git-merge-base --all r1 r2)`".
-It it the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
+It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
`r1` or `r2` but not from both.
Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit
parents of `r1`. `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes
its all parents.
-Here are a handful examples:
+Here are a handful of examples:
+
+ D G H D
+ D F G H I J D F
+ ^G D H D
+ ^D B E I J F B
+ B...C G H D E B C
+ ^D B C E I J F B C
+ C^@ I J F
+ F^! D G H D F
+
+PARSEOPT
+--------
+
+In `--parseopt` mode, `git-rev-parse` helps massaging options to bring to shell
+scripts the same facilities C builtins have. It works as an option normalizer
+(e.g. splits single switches aggregate values), a bit like `getopt(1)` does.
+
+It takes on the standard input the specification of the options to parse and
+understand, and echoes on the standard output a line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval`
+to replace the arguments with normalized ones. In case of error, it outputs
+usage on the standard error stream, and exits with code 129.
+
+Input Format
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`git-rev-parse --parseopt` input format is fully text based. It has two parts,
+separated by a line that contains only `--`. The lines before the separator
+(should be more than one) are used for the usage.
+The lines after the separator describe the options.
+
+Each line of options has this format:
+
+------------
+<opt_spec><flags>* SP+ help LF
+------------
+
+`<opt_spec>`::
+ its format is the short option character, then the long option name
+ separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least one
+ is necessary. `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are all three correct
+ `<opt_spec>`.
+
+`<flags>`::
+ `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`.
+ * Use `=` if the option takes an argument.
+
+ * Use `?` to mean that the option is optional (though its use is discouraged).
+
+ * Use `*` to mean that this option should not be listed in the usage
+ generated for the `-h` argument. It's shown for `--help-all` as
+ documented in linkgit:gitcli[7].
+
+ * Use `!` to not make the corresponding negated long option available.
+
+The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used
+as the help associated to the option.
+
+Blank lines are ignored, and lines that don't match this specification are used
+as option group headers (start the line with a space to create such
+lines on purpose).
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+------------
+OPTS_SPEC="\
+some-command [options] <args>...
+
+some-command does foo and bar!
+--
+h,help show the help
+
+foo some nifty option --foo
+bar= some cool option --bar with an argument
+
+ An option group Header
+C? option C with an optional argument"
+
+eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git-rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?`
+------------
- D A B D
- D F A B C D F
- ^A G B D
- ^A F B C F
- G...I C D F G I
- ^B G I C D F G I
- F^@ A B C
- F^! H D F H
Author
------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> .
+Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
Documentation
--------------
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite