Synonym for `--date=relative`.
---date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}::
+--date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short,raw}::
Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default
+
`--date=short` shows only date but not time, in `YYYY-MM-DD` format.
+
+`--date=raw` shows the date in the internal raw git format `%s %z` format.
++
`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone
(either committer's or author's).
--
-n 'number'::
---max-count='number'::
+--max-count=<number>::
Limit the number of commits output.
---skip='number'::
+--skip=<number>::
Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output.
---since='date'::
---after='date'::
+--since=<date>::
+--after=<date>::
Show commits more recent than a specific date.
---until='date'::
---before='date'::
+--until=<date>::
+--before=<date>::
Show commits older than a specific date.
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
---max-age='timestamp'::
---min-age='timestamp'::
+--max-age=<timestamp>::
+--min-age=<timestamp>::
Limit the commits output to specified time range.
endif::git-rev-list[]
---author='pattern'::
---committer='pattern'::
+--author=<pattern>::
+--committer=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression).
---grep='pattern'::
+--grep=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
matches the specified pattern (regular expression).
Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are listed on the
command line as '<commit>'.
+--branches::
+
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` are listed
+ on the command line as '<commit>'.
+
+--tags::
+
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are listed
+ on the command line as '<commit>'.
+
+--remotes::
+
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes` are listed
+ on the command line as '<commit>'.
+
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
--stdin::
History Simplification
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-When optional paths are given, 'git rev-list' simplifies commits with
-various strategies, according to the options you have selected.
+Sometimes you are only interested in parts of the history, for example the
+commits modifying a particular <path>. But there are two parts of
+'History Simplification', one part is selecting the commits and the other
+is how to do it, as there are various strategies to simplify the history.
+
+The following options select the commits to be shown:
+
+<paths>::
+
+ Commits modifying the given <paths> are selected.
+
+--simplify-by-decoration::
+
+ Commits that are referred by some branch or tag are selected.
+
+Note that extra commits can be shown to give a meaningful history.
+
+The following options affect the way the simplification is performed:
+
+Default mode::
+
+ Simplifies the history to the simplest history explaining the
+ final state of the tree. Simplest because it prunes some side
+ branches if the end result is the same (i.e. merging branches
+ with the same content)
+
+--full-history::
+
+ As the default mode but does not prune some history.
+
+--dense::
+
+ Only the selected commits are shown, plus some to have a
+ meaningful history.
+
+--sparse::
+
+ All commits in the simplified history are shown.
+
+--simplify-merges::
+
+ Additional option to '--full-history' to remove some needless
+ merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected
+ commits contributing to this merge.
+
+A more detailed explanation follows.
Suppose you specified `foo` as the <paths>. We shall call commits
that modify `foo` !TREESAME, and the rest TREESAME. (In a diff
removed completely, because it had one parent and is TREESAME.
--
+The '\--simplify-by-decoration' option allows you to view only the
+big picture of the topology of the history, by omitting commits
+that are not referenced by tags. Commits are marked as !TREESAME
+(in other words, kept after history simplification rules described
+above) if (1) they are referenced by tags, or (2) they change the
+contents of the paths given on the command line. All other
+commits are marked as TREESAME (subject to be simplified away).
+
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
Bisection Helpers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
commits, ordered by their distance to the included and excluded
commits. The farthest from them is displayed first. (This is the only
one displayed by `--bisect`.)
-
++
This is useful because it makes it easy to choose a good commit to
test when you want to avoid to test some of them for some reason (they
may not compile for example).
-
++
This option can be used along with `--bisect-vars`, in this case,
after all the sorted commit objects, there will be the same text as if
`--bisect-vars` had been used alone.