git-rev-list(1)
===============
-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
----
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-rev-list' <commit>
+[verse]
+'git-rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
+ [ \--max-age=timestamp ]
+ [ \--min-age=timestamp ]
+ [ \--sparse ]
+ [ \--no-merges ]
+ [ \--remove-empty ]
+ [ \--all ]
+ [ \--topo-order ]
+ [ \--parents ]
+ [ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
+ [ \--pretty | \--header ]
+ [ \--bisect ]
+ <commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order starting at the
-given commit, taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
+given commit(s), taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
useful to produce human-readable log output.
+Commits which are stated with a preceding '{caret}' cause listing to stop at
+that point. Their parents are implied. "git-rev-list foo bar {caret}baz" thus
+means "list all the commits which are included in 'foo' and 'bar', but
+not in 'baz'".
+
+A special notation <commit1>..<commit2> can be used as a
+short-hand for {caret}<commit1> <commit2>.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--pretty::
+ Print the contents of the commit changesets in human-readable form.
+
+--header::
+ Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each
+ record is separated with a NUL character.
+
+--objects::
+ Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed commits.
+ 'git-rev-list --objects foo ^bar' thus means "send me all object IDs
+ which I need to download if I have the commit object 'bar', but
+ not 'foo'".
+
+--objects-edge::
+ Similar to `--objects`, but also print the IDs of
+ excluded commits refixed with a `-` character. This is
+ used by `git-pack-objects` to build 'thin' pack, which
+ records objects in deltified form based on objects
+ contained in these excluded commits to reduce network
+ traffic.
+
+--unpacked::
+ Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that
+ are not in packs.
+
+--bisect::
+ Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway
+ between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if 'git-rev-list
+ --bisect foo ^bar ^baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output
+ of 'git-rev-list foo ^midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint
+ ^bar ^baz' would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change
+ which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search:
+ repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain
+ is of length one.
+
+--max-count::
+ Limit the number of commits output.
+
+--max-age=timestamp, --min-age=timestamp::
+ Limit the commits output to specified time range.
+
+--sparse::
+ When optional paths are given, the command outputs only
+ the commits that changes at least one of them, and also
+ ignores merges that do not touch the given paths. This
+ flag makes the command output all eligible commits
+ (still subject to count and age limitation), but apply
+ merge simplification nevertheless.
+
+--remove-empty::
+ Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
+
+--all::
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are
+ listed on the command line as <commit>.
+
+--topo-order::
+ By default, the commits are shown in reverse
+ chronological order. This option makes them appear in
+ topological order (i.e. descendant commits are shown
+ before their parents).
Author
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GIT
---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite