6 git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
12 'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>...
17 Many Git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags
18 (i.e. parameters that begin with a dash '-') and parameters
19 meant for the underlying 'git rev-list' command they use internally
20 and flags and parameters for the other commands they use
21 downstream of 'git rev-list'. This command is used to
22 distinguish between them.
31 Each of these options must appear first on the command line.
34 Use 'git rev-parse' in option parsing mode (see PARSEOPT section below).
37 Use 'git rev-parse' in shell quoting mode (see SQ-QUOTE
38 section below). In contrast to the `--sq` option below, this
39 mode does only quoting. Nothing else is done to command input.
41 Options for --parseopt
42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
45 Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Tells the option parser to echo
46 out the first `--` met instead of skipping it.
48 --stop-at-non-option::
49 Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Lets the option parser stop at
50 the first non-option argument. This can be used to parse sub-commands
51 that take options themselves.
54 Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Output the options in their
55 long form if available, and with their arguments stuck.
61 Do not output flags and parameters not meant for
62 'git rev-list' command.
65 Do not output flags and parameters meant for
66 'git rev-list' command.
69 Do not output non-flag parameters.
72 Do not output flag parameters.
78 If there is no parameter given by the user, use `<arg>`
82 Behave as if 'git rev-parse' was invoked from the `<arg>`
83 subdirectory of the working tree. Any relative filenames are
84 resolved as if they are prefixed by `<arg>` and will be printed
87 This can be used to convert arguments to a command run in a subdirectory
88 so that they can still be used after moving to the top-level of the
89 repository. For example:
92 prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)
93 cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
94 eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
98 Verify that exactly one parameter is provided, and that it
99 can be turned into a raw 20-byte SHA-1 that can be used to
100 access the object database. If so, emit it to the standard
101 output; otherwise, error out.
103 If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in
104 your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object
105 you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
106 For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR`
107 names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an
108 annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR`
109 names an existing object of any type, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{object}"`
114 Only meaningful in `--verify` mode. Do not output an error
115 message if the first argument is not a valid object name;
116 instead exit with non-zero status silently.
117 SHA-1s for valid object names are printed to stdout on success.
120 Usually the output is made one line per flag and
121 parameter. This option makes output a single line,
122 properly quoted for consumption by shell. Useful when
123 you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and
124 newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with
125 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
126 the command input is still interpreted as usual.
129 When showing object names, prefix them with '{caret}' and
130 strip '{caret}' prefix from the object names that already have
133 --abbrev-ref[=(strict|loose)]::
134 A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name.
135 The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
140 Instead of outputting the full SHA-1 values of object names try to
141 abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
142 7 is used. The minimum length is 4.
145 Usually the object names are output in SHA-1 form (with
146 possible '{caret}' prefix); this option makes them output in a
147 form as close to the original input as possible.
149 --symbolic-full-name::
150 This is similar to \--symbolic, but it omits input that
151 are not refs (i.e. branch or tag names; or more
152 explicitly disambiguating "heads/master" form, when you
153 want to name the "master" branch when there is an
154 unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
155 refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
161 Show all refs found in `refs/`.
163 --branches[=pattern]::
165 --remotes[=pattern]::
166 Show all branches, tags, or remote-tracking branches,
167 respectively (i.e., refs found in `refs/heads`,
168 `refs/tags`, or `refs/remotes`, respectively).
170 If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
171 shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
172 `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/*`.
175 Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
176 the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
177 prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing
178 character (`?`, `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
179 match by appending `/*`.
181 --exclude=<glob-pattern>::
182 Do not include refs matching '<glob-pattern>' that the next `--all`,
183 `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or `--glob` would otherwise
184 consider. Repetitions of this option accumulate exclusion patterns
185 up to the next `--all`, `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or
186 `--glob` option (other options or arguments do not clear
187 accumlated patterns).
189 The patterns given should not begin with `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, or
190 `refs/remotes` when applied to `--branches`, `--tags`, or `--remotes`,
191 respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob`
192 or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given
195 --disambiguate=<prefix>::
196 Show every object whose name begins with the given prefix.
197 The <prefix> must be at least 4 hexadecimal digits long to
198 avoid listing each and every object in the repository by
205 List the GIT_* environment variables that are local to the
206 repository (e.g. GIT_DIR or GIT_WORK_TREE, but not GIT_EDITOR).
207 Only the names of the variables are listed, not their value,
208 even if they are set.
211 Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to
212 the .git directory. The path shown, when relative, is
213 relative to the current working directory.
215 If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
216 is not detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree
217 print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
219 --is-inside-git-dir::
220 When the current working directory is below the repository
221 directory print "true", otherwise "false".
223 --is-inside-work-tree::
224 When the current working directory is inside the work tree of the
225 repository print "true", otherwise "false".
227 --is-bare-repository::
228 When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false".
230 --resolve-git-dir <path>::
231 Check if <path> is a valid repository or a gitfile that
232 points at a valid repository, and print the location of the
233 repository. If <path> is a gitfile then the resolved path
234 to the real repository is printed.
237 When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
238 path of the top-level directory relative to the current
239 directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).
242 When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
243 path of the current directory relative to the top-level
247 Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
249 --shared-index-path::
250 Show the path to the shared index file in split index mode, or
251 empty if not in split-index mode.
258 Parse the date string, and output the corresponding
259 --max-age= parameter for 'git rev-list'.
262 --before=datestring::
263 Parse the date string, and output the corresponding
264 --min-age= parameter for 'git rev-list'.
267 Flags and parameters to be parsed.
270 include::revisions.txt[]
275 In `--parseopt` mode, 'git rev-parse' helps massaging options to bring to shell
276 scripts the same facilities C builtins have. It works as an option normalizer
277 (e.g. splits single switches aggregate values), a bit like `getopt(1)` does.
279 It takes on the standard input the specification of the options to parse and
280 understand, and echoes on the standard output a string suitable for `sh(1)` `eval`
281 to replace the arguments with normalized ones. In case of error, it outputs
282 usage on the standard error stream, and exits with code 129.
284 Note: Make sure you quote the result when passing it to `eval`. See
285 below for an example.
290 'git rev-parse --parseopt' input format is fully text based. It has two parts,
291 separated by a line that contains only `--`. The lines before the separator
292 (should be one or more) are used for the usage.
293 The lines after the separator describe the options.
295 Each line of options has this format:
298 <opt-spec><flags>*<arg-hint>? SP+ help LF
302 its format is the short option character, then the long option name
303 separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least one
304 is necessary. `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are all three correct
308 `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`.
309 * Use `=` if the option takes an argument.
311 * Use `?` to mean that the option takes an optional argument. You
312 probably want to use the `--stuck-long` mode to be able to
313 unambiguously parse the optional argument.
315 * Use `*` to mean that this option should not be listed in the usage
316 generated for the `-h` argument. It's shown for `--help-all` as
317 documented in linkgit:gitcli[7].
319 * Use `!` to not make the corresponding negated long option available.
322 `<arg-hint>`, if specified, is used as a name of the argument in the
323 help output, for options that take arguments. `<arg-hint>` is
324 terminated by the first whitespace. It is customary to use a
325 dash to separate words in a multi-word argument hint.
327 The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used
328 as the help associated to the option.
330 Blank lines are ignored, and lines that don't match this specification are used
331 as option group headers (start the line with a space to create such
339 some-command [options] <args>...
341 some-command does foo and bar!
345 foo some nifty option --foo
346 bar= some cool option --bar with an argument
347 baz=arg another cool option --baz with a named argument
348 qux?path qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
350 An option group Header
351 C? option C with an optional argument"
353 eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)"
360 When `"$@"` is `-h` or `--help` in the above example, the following
361 usage text would be shown:
364 usage: some-command [options] <args>...
366 some-command does foo and bar!
368 -h, --help show the help
369 --foo some nifty option --foo
370 --bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument
371 --baz <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument
372 --qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
374 An option group Header
375 -C[...] option C with an optional argument
381 In `--sq-quote` mode, 'git rev-parse' echoes on the standard output a
382 single line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval`. This line is made by
383 normalizing the arguments following `--sq-quote`. Nothing other than
384 quoting the arguments is done.
386 If you want command input to still be interpreted as usual by
387 'git rev-parse' before the output is shell quoted, see the `--sq`
394 $ cat >your-git-script.sh <<\EOF
396 args=$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@") # quote user-supplied arguments
397 command="git frotz -n24 $args" # and use it inside a handcrafted
402 $ sh your-git-script.sh "a b'c"
408 * Print the object name of the current commit:
411 $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
414 * Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell variable:
417 $ git rev-parse --verify $REV^{commit}
420 This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision.
425 $ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV
428 but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed.
432 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite