[ \--cherry-pick ]
[ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ]
[ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ]
+ [ \--date={local|relative|default} ]
[ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
[ \--pretty | \--header ]
[ \--bisect ]
more specialized family of commit log tools: gitlink:git-log[1],
gitlink:git-show[1], and gitlink:git-whatchanged[1]
-include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+include::pretty-options.txt[]
--relative-date::
- Show dates relative to the current time, e.g. "2 hours ago".
+ Synonym for `--date=relative`.
+
+--date={relative,local,default}::
+
Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
as when using "--pretty".
++
+`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
+e.g. "2 hours ago".
++
+`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local timezone.
++
+`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone
+(either committer's or author's).
--header::
--author='pattern', --committer='pattern'::
Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
- header lines that match the specified pattern.
+ header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression).
--grep='pattern'::
Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
- matches the specified pattern.
+ matches the specified pattern (regular expression).
--remove-empty::
Only useful with '--objects'; print the object IDs that are not
in packs.
+
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>