--stop-at-non-option::
Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Lets the option parser stop at
the first non-option argument. This can be used to parse sub-commands
- that take options themself.
+ that take options themselves.
--sq-quote::
Use 'git rev-parse' in shell quoting mode (see SQ-QUOTE
abbreviation mode.
--all::
- Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`.
-
---branches::
- Show branch refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`.
-
---tags::
- Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags`.
+ Show all refs found in `refs/`.
+
+--branches[=pattern]::
+--tags[=pattern]::
+--remotes[=pattern]::
+ Show all branches, tags, or remote-tracking branches,
+ respectively (i.e., refs found in `refs/heads`,
+ `refs/tags`, or `refs/remotes`, respectively).
++
+If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
+shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
+`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`.
---remotes::
- Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes`.
+--glob=pattern::
+ Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
+ the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
+ prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing
+ character (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
+ match by appending `/\*`.
--show-toplevel::
Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
`g`, and an abbreviated object name.
* A symbolic ref name. E.g. 'master' typically means the commit
- object referenced by $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/master. If you
+ object referenced by refs/heads/master. If you
happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can
explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
When ambiguous, a `<name>` is disambiguated by taking the
. if `$GIT_DIR/<name>` exists, that is what you mean (this is usually
useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD` and `MERGE_HEAD`);
- . otherwise, `$GIT_DIR/refs/<name>` if exists;
+ . otherwise, `refs/<name>` if exists;
- . otherwise, `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<name>` if exists;
+ . otherwise, `refs/tags/<name>` if exists;
- . otherwise, `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<name>` if exists;
+ . otherwise, `refs/heads/<name>` if exists;
- . otherwise, `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/<name>` if exists;
+ . otherwise, `refs/remotes/<name>` if exists;
- . otherwise, `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` if exists.
+ . otherwise, `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` if exists.
+
HEAD names the commit your changes in the working tree is based on.
FETCH_HEAD records the branch you fetched from a remote repository
them easily.
MERGE_HEAD records the commit(s) you are merging into your branch
when you run 'git merge'.
++
+Note that any of the `refs/*` cases above may come either from
+the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
* A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification
enclosed in a brace
* The special construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out
before the current one.
+* The suffix '@\{upstream\}' to a ref (short form 'ref@\{u\}') refers to
+ the branch the ref is set to build on top of. Missing ref defaults
+ to the current branch.
+
* 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}'