NAME
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-git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters.
+git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
SYNOPSIS
Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`.
--show-prefix::
- When the command is invoked from a directory show the
+ When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
path of the current directory relative to the top-level
directory.
+--show-cdup::
+ When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
+ path of the top-level directory relative to the current
+ directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).
+
+--git-dir::
+ Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory.
+
+--short, --short=number::
+ Instead of outputting the full SHA1 values of object names try to
+ abbriviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
+ 7 is used. The minimum length is 4.
+
+--since=datestring, --after=datestring::
+ Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+ --max-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
+--until=datestring, --before=datestring::
+ Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding
+ --min-age= parameter for git-rev-list command.
+
<args>...::
Flags and parameters to be parsed.
concatenated with '..' is a short-hand for writing a range
between them. I.e. 'r1..r2' is equivalent to saying '{caret}r1 r2'
+Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both node B and C are
+a commit parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered
+left-to-right.
+
+ G H I J
+ \ / \ /
+ D E F
+ \ | /
+ \ | /
+ \|/
+ B C
+ \ /
+ \ /
+ A
+
+ A = = A^0
+ B = A^ = A^1 = A~1
+ C = A^2 = A^2
+ D = A^^ = A^1^1 = A~2
+ E = B^2 = A^^2
+ F = B^3 = A^^3
+ G = A^^^ = A^1^1^1 = A~3
+ H = D^2 = B^^2 = A^^^2 = A~2^2
+ I = F^ = B^3^ = A^^3^
+ J = F^2 = B^3^2 = A^^3^2
+
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