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git-rev-list(1)
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===============
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NAME
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----
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git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git-rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
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[ \--skip=number ]
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[ \--max-age=timestamp ]
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[ \--min-age=timestamp ]
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[ \--sparse ]
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[ \--no-merges ]
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[ \--remove-empty ]
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[ \--not ]
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[ \--all ]
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[ \--stdin ]
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[ \--topo-order ]
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[ \--parents ]
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[ \--left-right ]
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[ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ]
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[ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ]
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[ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
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[ \--pretty | \--header ]
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[ \--bisect ]
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[ \--merge ]
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[ \--reverse ]
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[ \--walk-reflogs ]
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<commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order starting at the
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given commit(s), taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
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useful to produce human-readable log output.
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Commits which are stated with a preceding '{caret}' cause listing to
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stop at that point. Their parents are implied. Thus the following
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command:
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$ git-rev-list foo bar ^baz
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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means "list all the commits which are included in 'foo' and 'bar', but
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not in 'baz'".
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A special notation "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" can be used as a
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short-hand for "{caret}'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of
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the following may be used interchangeably:
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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$ git-rev-list origin..HEAD
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$ git-rev-list HEAD ^origin
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Another special notation is "'<commit1>'...'<commit2>'" which is useful
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for merges. The resulting set of commits is the symmetric difference
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between the two operands. The following two commands are equivalent:
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$ git-rev-list A B --not $(git-merge-base --all A B)
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$ git-rev-list A...B
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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gitlink:git-rev-list[1] is a very essential git program, since it
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provides the ability to build and traverse commit ancestry graphs. For
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this reason, it has a lot of different options that enables it to be
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used by commands as different as gitlink:git-bisect[1] and
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gitlink:git-repack[1].
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OPTIONS
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-------
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Commit Formatting
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Using these options, gitlink:git-rev-list[1] will act similar to the
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more specialized family of commit log tools: gitlink:git-log[1],
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gitlink:git-show[1], and gitlink:git-whatchanged[1]
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include::pretty-formats.txt[]
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--relative-date::
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Show dates relative to the current time, e.g. "2 hours ago".
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Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
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as when using "--pretty".
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--header::
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Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each record is
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separated with a NUL character.
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--parents::
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Print the parents of the commit.
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--left-right::
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Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from.
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Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from
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the right with `>`. If combined with `--boundary`, those
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commits are prefixed with `-`.
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For example, if you have this topology:
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y---b---b branch B
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/ \ /
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/ .
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/ / \
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o---x---a---a branch A
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you would get an output line this:
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$ git rev-list --left-right --boundary --pretty=oneline A...B
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>bbbbbbb... 3rd on b
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>bbbbbbb... 2nd on b
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<aaaaaaa... 3rd on a
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<aaaaaaa... 2nd on a
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-yyyyyyy... 1st on b
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-xxxxxxx... 1st on a
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Diff Formatting
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Below are listed options that control the formatting of diff output.
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Some of them are specific to gitlink:git-rev-list[1], however other diff
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options may be given. See gitlink:git-diff-files[1] for more options.
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-c::
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This flag changes the way a merge commit is displayed. It shows
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the differences from each of the parents to the merge result
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simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent
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and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files
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which were modified from all parents.
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--cc::
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This flag implies the '-c' options and further compresses the
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patch output by omitting hunks that show differences from only
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one parent, or show the same change from all but one parent for
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an Octopus merge.
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-r::
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Show recursive diffs.
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-t::
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Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies '-r'.
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Commit Limiting
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Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the
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special notations explained in the description, additional commit
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limiting may be applied.
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--
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-n 'number', --max-count='number'::
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Limit the number of commits output.
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--skip='number'::
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Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output.
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--since='date', --after='date'::
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Show commits more recent than a specific date.
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--until='date', --before='date'::
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Show commits older than a specific date.
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--max-age='timestamp', --min-age='timestamp'::
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Limit the commits output to specified time range.
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--author='pattern', --committer='pattern'::
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Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
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header lines that match the specified pattern.
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--grep='pattern'::
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Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
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matches the specified pattern.
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--remove-empty::
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Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
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--no-merges::
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Do not print commits with more than one parent.
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--not::
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Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack thereof)
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for all following revision specifiers, up to the next '--not'.
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--all::
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Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/` are listed on the
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command line as '<commit>'.
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--stdin::
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In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command
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line, read them from the standard input.
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-g, --walk-reflogs::
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Instead of walking the commit ancestry chain, walk
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reflog entries from the most recent one to older ones.
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When this option is used you cannot specify commits to
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exclude (that is, '{caret}commit', 'commit1..commit2',
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nor 'commit1...commit2' notations cannot be used).
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With '\--pretty' format other than oneline (for obvious reasons),
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this causes the output to have two extra lines of information
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taken from the reflog. By default, 'commit@{Nth}' notation is
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used in the output. When the starting commit is specified as
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'commit@{now}', output also uses 'commit@{timestamp}' notation
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instead. Under '\--pretty=oneline', the commit message is
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prefixed with this information on the same line.
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--merge::
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After a failed merge, show refs that touch files having a
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conflict and don't exist on all heads to merge.
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--boundary::
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Output uninteresting commits at the boundary, which are usually
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not shown.
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--dense, --sparse::
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When optional paths are given, the default behaviour ('--dense') is to
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only output commits that changes at least one of them, and also ignore
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merges that do not touch the given paths.
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Use the '--sparse' flag to makes the command output all eligible commits
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(still subject to count and age limitation), but apply merge
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simplification nevertheless.
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--bisect::
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Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between
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the included and excluded commits. Thus, if
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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$ git-rev-list --bisect foo ^bar ^baz
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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outputs 'midpoint', the output of the two commands
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$ git-rev-list foo ^midpoint
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$ git-rev-list midpoint ^bar ^baz
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would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change which
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introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly
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generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length
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one.
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--
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Commit Ordering
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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By default, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order.
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--topo-order::
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This option makes them appear in topological order (i.e.
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descendant commits are shown before their parents).
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--date-order::
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This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no
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parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise things
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are still ordered in the commit timestamp order.
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--reverse::
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Output the commits in reverse order.
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Object Traversal
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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These options are mostly targeted for packing of git repositories.
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--objects::
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Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed
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commits. 'git-rev-list --objects foo ^bar' thus means "send me
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all object IDs which I need to download if I have the commit
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object 'bar', but not 'foo'".
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--objects-edge::
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Similar to '--objects', but also print the IDs of excluded
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commits prefixed with a "-" character. This is used by
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gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] to build "thin" pack, which records
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objects in deltified form based on objects contained in these
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excluded commits to reduce network traffic.
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--unpacked::
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Only useful with '--objects'; print the object IDs that are not
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in packs.
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Jonas Fonseca
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and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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