6 git-reflog - Manage reflog information
12 'git reflog' <subcommand> <options>
16 The command takes various subcommands, and different options
17 depending on the subcommand:
20 'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>]
21 'git reflog expire' [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>]
22 [--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix]
23 [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--all | <refs>...]
24 'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref]
25 [--dry-run] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}...
26 'git reflog exists' <ref>
28 Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and
29 other references were updated in the local repository. Reflogs are
30 useful in various Git commands, to specify the old value of a
31 reference. For example, `HEAD@{2}` means "where HEAD used to be two
32 moves ago", `master@{one.week.ago}` means "where master used to point
33 to one week ago in this local repository", and so on. See
34 linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for more details.
36 This command manages the information recorded in the reflogs.
38 The "show" subcommand (which is also the default, in the absence of
39 any subcommands) shows the log of the reference provided in the
40 command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). The reflog covers all recent
41 actions, and in addition the `HEAD` reflog records branch switching.
42 `git reflog show` is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit
43 --pretty=oneline`; see linkgit:git-log[1] for more information.
45 The "expire" subcommand prunes older reflog entries. Entries older
46 than `expire` time, or entries older than `expire-unreachable` time
47 and not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog.
48 This is typically not used directly by end users -- instead, see
51 The "delete" subcommand deletes single entries from the reflog. Its
52 argument must be an _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete
53 master@{2}`"). This subcommand is also typically not used directly by
56 The "exists" subcommand checks whether a ref has a reflog. It exits
57 with zero status if the reflog exists, and non-zero status if it does
66 `git reflog show` accepts any of the options accepted by `git log`.
73 Process the reflogs of all references.
76 Prune entries older than the specified time. If this option is
77 not specified, the expiration time is taken from the
78 configuration setting `gc.reflogExpire`, which in turn
79 defaults to 90 days. `--expire=all` prunes entries regardless
80 of their age; `--expire=never` turns off pruning of reachable
81 entries (but see `--expire-unreachable`).
83 --expire-unreachable=<time>::
84 Prune entries older than `<time>` that are not reachable from
85 the current tip of the branch. If this option is not
86 specified, the expiration time is taken from the configuration
87 setting `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults
88 to 30 days. `--expire-unreachable=all` prunes unreachable
89 entries regardless of their age; `--expire-unreachable=never`
90 turns off early pruning of unreachable entries (but see
94 Update the reference to the value of the top reflog entry (i.e.
95 <ref>@\{0\}) if the previous top entry was pruned. (This
96 option is ignored for symbolic references.)
99 If a reflog entry's predecessor is pruned, adjust its "old"
100 SHA-1 to be equal to the "new" SHA-1 field of the entry that
104 Prune any reflog entries that point to "broken commits". A
105 broken commit is a commit that is not reachable from any of
106 the reference tips and that refers, directly or indirectly, to
107 a missing commit, tree, or blob object.
109 This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
110 has the same cost as 'git prune'. It is primarily intended to fix
111 corruption caused by garbage collecting using older versions of Git,
112 which didn't protect objects referred to by reflogs.
116 Do not actually prune any entries; just show what would have
120 Print extra information on screen.
126 `git reflog delete` accepts options `--updateref`, `--rewrite`, `-n`,
127 `--dry-run`, and `--verbose`, with the same meanings as when they are
133 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite