6 git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
12 'git-rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
13 [ \--max-age=timestamp ]
14 [ \--min-age=timestamp ]
21 [ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
22 [ \--pretty | \--header ]
24 <commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
28 Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order starting at the
29 given commit(s), taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
30 useful to produce human-readable log output.
32 Commits which are stated with a preceding '{caret}' cause listing to stop at
33 that point. Their parents are implied. "git-rev-list foo bar {caret}baz" thus
34 means "list all the commits which are included in 'foo' and 'bar', but
37 A special notation <commit1>..<commit2> can be used as a
38 short-hand for {caret}<commit1> <commit2>.
44 Print the contents of the commit changesets in human-readable form.
47 Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each
48 record is separated with a NUL character.
51 Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed commits.
52 'git-rev-list --objects foo ^bar' thus means "send me all object IDs
53 which I need to download if I have the commit object 'bar', but
57 Similar to `--objects`, but also print the IDs of
58 excluded commits refixed with a `-` character. This is
59 used by `git-pack-objects` to build 'thin' pack, which
60 records objects in deltified form based on objects
61 contained in these excluded commits to reduce network
65 Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that
69 Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway
70 between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if 'git-rev-list
71 --bisect foo {caret}bar {caret}baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output
72 of 'git-rev-list foo {caret}midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint
73 {caret}bar {caret}baz' would be of roughly the same length.
75 which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search:
76 repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain
80 Limit the number of commits output.
82 --max-age=timestamp, --min-age=timestamp::
83 Limit the commits output to specified time range.
86 When optional paths are given, the command outputs only
87 the commits that changes at least one of them, and also
88 ignores merges that do not touch the given paths. This
89 flag makes the command output all eligible commits
90 (still subject to count and age limitation), but apply
91 merge simplification nevertheless.
94 Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
97 Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are
98 listed on the command line as <commit>.
101 By default, the commits are shown in reverse
102 chronological order. This option makes them appear in
103 topological order (i.e. descendant commits are shown
104 before their parents).
108 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
112 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
116 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite