- '%N': commit notes
endif::git-rev-list[]
- '%GG': raw verification message from GPG for a signed commit
-- '%G?': show "G" for a good (valid) signature, "B" for a bad signature,
- "U" for a good signature with unknown validity and "N" for no signature
+- '%G?': show "G" for a good (valid) signature,
+ "B" for a bad signature,
+ "U" for a good signature with unknown validity,
+ "X" for a good signature that has expired,
+ "Y" for a good signature made by an expired key,
+ "R" for a good signature made by a revoked key,
+ "E" if the signature cannot be checked (e.g. missing key)
+ and "N" for no signature
- '%GS': show the name of the signer for a signed commit
- '%GK': show the key used to sign a signed commit
-- '%gD': reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}`
-- '%gd': shortened reflog selector, e.g., `stash@{1}`
+- '%gD': reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}` or
+ `refs/stash@{2 minutes ago`}; the format follows the rules described
+ for the `-g` option. The portion before the `@` is the refname as
+ given on the command line (so `git log -g refs/heads/master` would
+ yield `refs/heads/master@{0}`).
+- '%gd': shortened reflog selector; same as `%gD`, but the refname
+ portion is shortened for human readability (so `refs/heads/master`
+ becomes just `master`).
- '%gn': reflog identity name
- '%gN': reflog identity name (respecting .mailmap, see
linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
- '%Cgreen': switch color to green
- '%Cblue': switch color to blue
- '%Creset': reset color
-- '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option;
- adding `auto,` at the beginning will emit color only when colors are
- enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and
- respecting the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a
- terminal). `auto` alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring
- on the next placeholders until the color is switched again.
-- '%m': left, right or boundary mark
+- '%C(...)': color specification, as described under Values in the
+ "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1].
+ By default, colors are shown only when enabled for log output (by
+ `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and respecting the `auto`
+ settings of the former if we are going to a terminal). `%C(auto,...)`
+ is accepted as a historical synonym for the default (e.g.,
+ `%C(auto,red)`). Specifying `%C(always,...) will show the colors
+ even when color is not otherwise enabled (though consider
+ just using `--color=always` to enable color for the whole output,
+ including this format and anything else git might color). `auto`
+ alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring on the next
+ placeholders until the color is switched again.
+- '%m': left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark
- '%n': newline
- '%%': a raw '%'
- '%x00': print a byte from a hex code
than given and there are spaces on its left, use those spaces
- '%><(<N>)', '%><|(<N>)': similar to '% <(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)'
respectively, but padding both sides (i.e. the text is centered)
+- %(trailers): display the trailers of the body as interpreted by
+ linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]
NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will
is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
placeholder expands to a non-empty string.
-If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, line-feeds that
-immediately precede the expansion are deleted if and only if the
+If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, all consecutive
+line-feeds immediately preceding the expansion are deleted if and only if the
placeholder expands to an empty string.
If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space