+
The placeholders are:
-- '%H': commit hash
-- '%h': abbreviated commit hash
-- '%T': tree hash
-- '%t': abbreviated tree hash
-- '%P': parent hashes
-- '%p': abbreviated parent hashes
-- '%an': author name
-- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
- or linkgit:git-blame[1])
-- '%ae': author email
-- '%aE': author email (respecting .mailmap, see
- linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
-- '%ad': author date (format respects --date= option)
-- '%aD': author date, RFC2822 style
-- '%ar': author date, relative
-- '%at': author date, UNIX timestamp
-- '%ai': author date, ISO 8601-like format
-- '%aI': author date, strict ISO 8601 format
-- '%cn': committer name
-- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
- linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
-- '%ce': committer email
-- '%cE': committer email (respecting .mailmap, see
- linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
-- '%cd': committer date (format respects --date= option)
-- '%cD': committer date, RFC2822 style
-- '%cr': committer date, relative
-- '%ct': committer date, UNIX timestamp
-- '%ci': committer date, ISO 8601-like format
-- '%cI': committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
-- '%d': ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
-- '%D': ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
-- '%e': encoding
-- '%s': subject
-- '%f': sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename
-- '%b': body
-- '%B': raw body (unwrapped subject and body)
+- Placeholders that expand to a single literal character:
+'%n':: newline
+'%%':: a raw '%'
+'%x00':: print a byte from a hex code
+
+- Placeholders that affect formatting of later placeholders:
+'%Cred':: switch color to red
+'%Cgreen':: switch color to green
+'%Cblue':: switch color to blue
+'%Creset':: reset color
+'%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
+'%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])':: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
+ linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
+'%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
+ least N columns, padding spaces on
+ the right if necessary. Optionally
+ truncate at the beginning (ltrunc),
+ the middle (mtrunc) or the end
+ (trunc) if the output is longer than
+ N columns. Note that truncating
+ only works correctly with N >= 2.
+'%<|(<N>)':: make the next placeholder take at least until Nth
+ columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary
+'%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' respectively,
+ but padding spaces on the left
+'%>>(<N>)', '%>>|(<N>)':: similar to '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)'
+ respectively, except that if the next
+ placeholder takes more spaces 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)
+
+- Placeholders that expand to information extracted from the commit:
+'%H':: commit hash
+'%h':: abbreviated commit hash
+'%T':: tree hash
+'%t':: abbreviated tree hash
+'%P':: parent hashes
+'%p':: abbreviated parent hashes
+'%an':: author name
+'%aN':: author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
+ or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%ae':: author email
+'%aE':: author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
+ or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%ad':: author date (format respects --date= option)
+'%aD':: author date, RFC2822 style
+'%ar':: author date, relative
+'%at':: author date, UNIX timestamp
+'%ai':: author date, ISO 8601-like format
+'%aI':: author date, strict ISO 8601 format
+'%cn':: committer name
+'%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
+ linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%ce':: committer email
+'%cE':: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see
+ linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%cd':: committer date (format respects --date= option)
+'%cD':: committer date, RFC2822 style
+'%cr':: committer date, relative
+'%ct':: committer date, UNIX timestamp
+'%ci':: committer date, ISO 8601-like format
+'%cI':: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
+'%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
+'%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
+'%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached
+ (like `git log --source`), only works with `git log`
+'%e':: encoding
+'%s':: subject
+'%f':: sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename
+'%b':: body
+'%B':: raw body (unwrapped subject and body)
ifndef::git-rev-list[]
-- '%N': commit notes
+'%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,
- "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
-- '%GF': show the fingerprint of the key used to sign a signed commit
-- '%GP': show the fingerprint of the primary key whose subkey was used
- to sign a signed commit
-- '%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])
-- '%ge': reflog identity email
-- '%gE': reflog identity email (respecting .mailmap, see
- linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
-- '%gs': reflog subject
-- '%Cred': switch color to red
-- '%Cgreen': switch color to green
-- '%Cblue': switch color to blue
-- '%Creset': reset color
-- '%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
-- '%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])': switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
- linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
-- '%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])': make the next placeholder take at
- least N columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary.
- Optionally truncate at the beginning (ltrunc), the middle (mtrunc)
- or the end (trunc) if the output is longer than N columns.
- Note that truncating only works correctly with N >= 2.
-- '%<|(<N>)': make the next placeholder take at least until Nth
- columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary
-- '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)': similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)'
- respectively, but padding spaces on the left
-- '%>>(<N>)', '%>>|(<N>)': similar to '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)'
- respectively, except that if the next placeholder takes more spaces
- 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[:options]): display the trailers of the body as interpreted
- by linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]. The `trailers` string may be
- followed by a colon and zero or more comma-separated options. If the
- `only` option is given, omit non-trailer lines from the trailer block.
- If the `unfold` option is given, behave as if interpret-trailer's
- `--unfold` option was given. E.g., `%(trailers:only,unfold)` to do
- both.
+'%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,
+ "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
+'%GF':: show the fingerprint of the key used to sign a signed commit
+'%GP':: show the fingerprint of the primary key whose subkey was used
+ to sign a signed commit
+'%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])
+'%ge':: reflog identity email
+'%gE':: reflog identity email (respecting .mailmap, see
+ linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
+'%gs':: reflog subject
+'%(trailers[:options])':: display the trailers of the body as
+ interpreted by
+ linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]. The
+ `trailers` string may be followed by a colon
+ and zero or more comma-separated options:
+** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done
+ case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is
+ given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are
+ shown. This option automatically enables the `only` option so that
+ non-trailer lines in the trailer block are hidden. If that is not
+ desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g.,
+ `%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key
+ `Reviewed-by`.
+** 'only[=val]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
+ block should be included. The `only` keyword may optionally be
+ followed by an equal sign and one of `true`, `on`, `yes` to omit or
+ `false`, `off`, `no` to show the non-trailer lines. If option is
+ given without value it is enabled. If given multiple times the last
+ value is used.
+** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
+ lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is
+ terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain
+ the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as
+ separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as
+ next option. If separator option is given multiple times only the
+ last one is used. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )`
+ shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma
+ and a space.
+** 'unfold[=val]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
+ option was given. In same way as to for `only` it can be followed
+ by an equal sign and explicit value. E.g.,
+ `%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines.
+** 'valueonly[=val]': skip over the key part of the trailer line and only
+ show the value part. Also this optionally allows explicit value.
NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will