Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the
special notations explained in the description, additional commit
-limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit
-ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'.
+limiting may be applied.
+
+Using more options generally further limits the output (e.g.
+`--since=<date1>` limits to commits newer than `<date1>`, and using it
+with `--grep=<pattern>` further limits to commits whose log message
+has a line that matches `<pattern>`), unless otherwise noted.
+
+Note that these are applied before commit
+ordering and formatting options, such as `--reverse`.
--
--n 'number'::
+-<number>::
+-n <number>::
--max-count=<number>::
Limit the number of commits to output.
--committer=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
- header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression).
+ header lines that match the specified pattern (regular
+ expression). With more than one `--author=<pattern>`,
+ commits whose author matches any of the given patterns are
+ chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=<pattern>`).
+
+--grep-reflog=<pattern>::
+
+ Limit the commits output to ones with reflog entries that
+ match the specified pattern (regular expression). With
+ more than one `--grep-reflog`, commits whose reflog message
+ matches any of the given patterns are chosen. It is an
+ error to use this option unless `--walk-reflogs` is in use.
--grep=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
- matches the specified pattern (regular expression).
+ matches the specified pattern (regular expression). With
+ more than one `--grep=<pattern>`, commits whose message
+ matches any of the given patterns are chosen (but see
+ `--all-match`).
++
+When `--show-notes` is in effect, the message from the notes as
+if it is part of the log message.
--all-match::
Limit the commits output to ones that match all given --grep,
- --author and --committer instead of ones that match at least one.
+ instead of ones that match at least one.
-i::
--regexp-ignore-case::
Match the regexp limiting patterns without regard to letters case.
+--basic-regexp::
+
+ Consider the limiting patterns to be basic regular expressions;
+ this is the default.
+
-E::
--extended-regexp::
Consider the limiting patterns to be fixed strings (don't interpret
pattern as a regular expression).
+--perl-regexp::
+
+ Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regexp.
+ Requires libpcre to be compiled in.
+
--remove-empty::
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
Only useful with '--objects'; print the object IDs that are not
in packs.
---no-walk::
+--no-walk[=(sorted|unsorted)]::
- Only show the given revs, but do not traverse their ancestors.
- This has no effect if a range is specified.
+ Only show the given commits, but do not traverse their ancestors.
+ This has no effect if a range is specified. If the argument
+ "unsorted" is given, the commits are show in the order they were
+ given on the command line. Otherwise (if "sorted" or no argument
+ was given), the commits are show in reverse chronological order
+ by commit time.
--do-walk::