6 git-for-each-ref - Output information on each ref
11 'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
12 [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
13 [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]
14 [--contains [<object>]]
19 Iterate over all refs that match `<pattern>` and show them
20 according to the given `<format>`, after sorting them according
21 to the given set of `<key>`. If `<count>` is given, stop after
22 showing that many refs. The interpolated values in `<format>`
23 can optionally be quoted as string literals in the specified
24 host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language.
29 By default the command shows all refs that match
30 `<pattern>`. This option makes it stop after showing
34 A field name to sort on. Prefix `-` to sort in
35 descending order of the value. When unspecified,
36 `refname` is used. You may use the --sort=<key> option
37 multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
41 A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the
42 object pointed at by a ref being shown. If `fieldname`
43 is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref points
44 at a tag object, the value for the field in the object
45 tag refers is used. When unspecified, defaults to
46 `%(objectname) SPC %(objecttype) TAB %(refname)`.
47 It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and `%xx` where `xx`
48 are hex digits interpolates to character with hex code
49 `xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
50 `%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
53 If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
54 match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
55 literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
56 beginning up to a slash.
62 If given, strings that substitute `%(fieldname)`
63 placeholders are quoted as string literals suitable for
64 the specified host language. This is meant to produce
65 a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed.
67 --points-at <object>::
68 Only list refs which points at the given object.
71 Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
72 specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
74 --no-merged [<object>]::
75 Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
76 specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
78 --contains [<object>]::
79 Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
85 Various values from structured fields in referenced objects can
86 be used to interpolate into the resulting output, or as sort
89 For all objects, the following names can be used:
92 The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
93 For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`.
94 The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
98 The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
101 The size of the object (the same as 'git cat-file -s' reports).
104 The object name (aka SHA-1).
105 For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append `:short`.
108 The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream''
109 from the displayed ref. Respects `:short` in the same way as
110 `refname` above. Additionally respects `:track` to show
111 "[ahead N, behind M]" and `:trackshort` to show the terse
112 version: ">" (ahead), "<" (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind),
113 or "=" (in sync). Has no effect if the ref does not have
114 tracking information associated with it.
117 The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` location
118 for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:track`, and
119 `:trackshort` options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty
120 string if no `@{push}` ref is configured.
123 '*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' '
127 Change output color. Followed by `:<colorname>`, where names
128 are described in `color.branch.*`.
130 In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
131 field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
132 be used to specify the value in the header field.
134 Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`,
135 `committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`,
136 and `date` to extract the named component.
138 The complete message in a commit and tag object is `contents`.
139 Its first line is `contents:subject`, where subject is the concatenation
140 of all lines of the commit message up to the first blank line. The next
141 line is 'contents:body', where body is all of the lines after the first
142 blank line. Finally, the optional GPG signature is `contents:signature`.
144 For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric
145 order (`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `taggerdate`).
146 All other fields are used to sort in their byte-value order.
148 In any case, a field name that refers to a field inapplicable to
149 the object referred by the ref does not cause an error. It
150 returns an empty string instead.
152 As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for
153 the date by adding one of `:default`, `:relative`, `:short`, `:local`,
154 `:iso8601`, `:rfc2822` or `:raw` to the end of the fieldname; e.g.
155 `%(taggerdate:relative)`.
161 An example directly producing formatted text. Show the most recent
167 git for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \
168 --format='From: %(*authorname) %(*authoremail)
178 A simple example showing the use of shell eval on the output,
179 demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads:
183 git for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \
192 A bit more elaborate report on tags, demonstrating that the format
193 may be an entire script:
212 # could be a lightweight tag
214 kind="Lightweight tag"
222 echo "$kind $T points at a $t object $o"
223 if test "z$t" = zcommit
225 echo "The commit was authored by $n $e
230 Its message reads as:
232 echo "$b" | sed -e "s/^/ /"
237 eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \
238 --sort='*objecttype' \
246 linkgit:git-show-ref[1]
250 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite