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1PRETTY FORMATS
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4If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format
5is not 'oneline', 'email' or 'raw', an additional line is
6inserted before the 'Author:' line. This line begins with
bae74c9d 7"Merge: " and the hashes of ancestral commits are printed,
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8separated by spaces. Note that the listed commits may not
9necessarily be the list of the *direct* parent commits if you
10have limited your view of history: for example, if you are
11only interested in changes related to a certain directory or
12file.
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14There are several built-in formats, and you can define
15additional formats by setting a pretty.<name>
16config option to either another format name, or a
17'format:' string, as described below (see
18linkgit:git-config[1]). Here are the details of the
19built-in formats:
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21* 'oneline'
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bae74c9d 23 <hash> <title line>
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25This is designed to be as compact as possible.
26
331b51d2 27* 'short'
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bae74c9d 29 commit <hash>
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30 Author: <author>
31
32 <title line>
33
331b51d2 34* 'medium'
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bae74c9d 36 commit <hash>
5d1faf87 37 Author: <author>
ec9f0ea3 38 Date: <author date>
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40 <title line>
41
42 <full commit message>
43
331b51d2 44* 'full'
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bae74c9d 46 commit <hash>
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47 Author: <author>
48 Commit: <committer>
49
50 <title line>
51
52 <full commit message>
53
331b51d2 54* 'fuller'
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bae74c9d 56 commit <hash>
ec9f0ea3 57 Author: <author>
2b2da684 58 AuthorDate: <author date>
ec9f0ea3 59 Commit: <committer>
2b2da684 60 CommitDate: <committer date>
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62 <title line>
63
64 <full commit message>
65
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66* 'reference'
67
68 <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>)
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70This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and
71is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`. By default,
72the date is formatted with `--date=short` unless another `--date` option
73is explicitly specified. As with any `format:` with format
74placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
75`--decorate` and `--walk-reflogs`.
76
331b51d2 77* 'email'
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bae74c9d 79 From <hash> <date>
5d1faf87 80 From: <author>
2b2da684 81 Date: <author date>
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82 Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
83
331b51d2 84 <full commit message>
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86* 'mboxrd'
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88Like 'email', but lines in the commit message starting with "From "
89(preceded by zero or more ">") are quoted with ">" so they aren't
90confused as starting a new commit.
91
331b51d2 92* 'raw'
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94The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as
bae74c9d 95stored in the commit object. Notably, the hashes are
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96displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
97--no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
a58088ab 98true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
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99simplification into account. Note that this format affects the way
100commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with
101`git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format,
102use `--no-abbrev`.
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41e4d69f 106The 'format:<string>' format allows you to specify which information
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107you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format,
108with the notable exception that you get a newline with '%n'
109instead of '\n'.
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111E.g, 'format:"The author of %h was %an, %ar%nThe title was >>%s<<%n"'
e52a5de4 112would show something like this:
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115The author of fe6e0ee was Junio C Hamano, 23 hours ago
116The title was >>t4119: test autocomputing -p<n> for traditional diff input.<<
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120The placeholders are:
121
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122- Placeholders that expand to a single literal character:
123'%n':: newline
124'%%':: a raw '%'
125'%x00':: print a byte from a hex code
126
127- Placeholders that affect formatting of later placeholders:
128'%Cred':: switch color to red
129'%Cgreen':: switch color to green
130'%Cblue':: switch color to blue
131'%Creset':: reset color
132'%C(...)':: color specification, as described under Values in the
133 "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1]. By
134 default, colors are shown only when enabled for log output
135 (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and respecting
136 the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a
137 terminal). `%C(auto,...)` is accepted as a historical
138 synonym for the default (e.g., `%C(auto,red)`). Specifying
42977bf5 139 `%C(always,...)` will show the colors even when color is
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140 not otherwise enabled (though consider just using
141 `--color=always` to enable color for the whole output,
142 including this format and anything else git might color).
143 `auto` alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring
144 on the next placeholders until the color is switched
145 again.
146'%m':: left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark
147'%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])':: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
148 linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
149'%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
150 least N columns, padding spaces on
151 the right if necessary. Optionally
152 truncate at the beginning (ltrunc),
153 the middle (mtrunc) or the end
154 (trunc) if the output is longer than
155 N columns. Note that truncating
156 only works correctly with N >= 2.
157'%<|(<N>)':: make the next placeholder take at least until Nth
158 columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary
159'%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' respectively,
160 but padding spaces on the left
161'%>>(<N>)', '%>>|(<N>)':: similar to '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)'
162 respectively, except that if the next
163 placeholder takes more spaces than given and
164 there are spaces on its left, use those
165 spaces
166'%><(<N>)', '%><|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)'
167 respectively, but padding both sides
168 (i.e. the text is centered)
169
170- Placeholders that expand to information extracted from the commit:
171'%H':: commit hash
172'%h':: abbreviated commit hash
173'%T':: tree hash
174'%t':: abbreviated tree hash
175'%P':: parent hashes
176'%p':: abbreviated parent hashes
177'%an':: author name
178'%aN':: author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
179 or linkgit:git-blame[1])
180'%ae':: author email
181'%aE':: author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
182 or linkgit:git-blame[1])
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183'%al':: author email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
184'%aL':: author local-part (see '%al') respecting .mailmap, see
185 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
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186'%ad':: author date (format respects --date= option)
187'%aD':: author date, RFC2822 style
188'%ar':: author date, relative
189'%at':: author date, UNIX timestamp
190'%ai':: author date, ISO 8601-like format
191'%aI':: author date, strict ISO 8601 format
0df62117 192'%as':: author date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
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193'%cn':: committer name
194'%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
195 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
196'%ce':: committer email
197'%cE':: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see
198 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
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199'%cl':: committer email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
200'%cL':: committer local-part (see '%cl') respecting .mailmap, see
d8b8217c 201 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
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202'%cd':: committer date (format respects --date= option)
203'%cD':: committer date, RFC2822 style
204'%cr':: committer date, relative
205'%ct':: committer date, UNIX timestamp
206'%ci':: committer date, ISO 8601-like format
207'%cI':: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
0df62117 208'%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
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209'%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
210'%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
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211'%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached
212 (like `git log --source`), only works with `git log`
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213'%e':: encoding
214'%s':: subject
215'%f':: sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename
216'%b':: body
217'%B':: raw body (unwrapped subject and body)
2aea7a51 218ifndef::git-rev-list[]
42617752 219'%N':: commit notes
2aea7a51 220endif::git-rev-list[]
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221'%GG':: raw verification message from GPG for a signed commit
222'%G?':: show "G" for a good (valid) signature,
223 "B" for a bad signature,
224 "U" for a good signature with unknown validity,
225 "X" for a good signature that has expired,
226 "Y" for a good signature made by an expired key,
227 "R" for a good signature made by a revoked key,
228 "E" if the signature cannot be checked (e.g. missing key)
229 and "N" for no signature
230'%GS':: show the name of the signer for a signed commit
231'%GK':: show the key used to sign a signed commit
232'%GF':: show the fingerprint of the key used to sign a signed commit
233'%GP':: show the fingerprint of the primary key whose subkey was used
234 to sign a signed commit
54887b46 235'%GT':: show the trust level for the key used to sign a signed commit
42617752 236'%gD':: reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}` or `refs/stash@{2
4fd39c76 237 minutes ago}`; the format follows the rules described for the
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238 `-g` option. The portion before the `@` is the refname as
239 given on the command line (so `git log -g refs/heads/master`
240 would yield `refs/heads/master@{0}`).
241'%gd':: shortened reflog selector; same as `%gD`, but the refname
242 portion is shortened for human readability (so
243 `refs/heads/master` becomes just `master`).
244'%gn':: reflog identity name
245'%gN':: reflog identity name (respecting .mailmap, see
246 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
247'%ge':: reflog identity email
248'%gE':: reflog identity email (respecting .mailmap, see
249 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
250'%gs':: reflog subject
251'%(trailers[:options])':: display the trailers of the body as
252 interpreted by
253 linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]. The
254 `trailers` string may be followed by a colon
255 and zero or more comma-separated options:
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256** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done
257 case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is
258 given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are
259 shown. This option automatically enables the `only` option so that
260 non-trailer lines in the trailer block are hidden. If that is not
261 desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g.,
262 `%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key
263 `Reviewed-by`.
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264** 'only[=val]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
265 block should be included. The `only` keyword may optionally be
266 followed by an equal sign and one of `true`, `on`, `yes` to omit or
267 `false`, `off`, `no` to show the non-trailer lines. If option is
268 given without value it is enabled. If given multiple times the last
269 value is used.
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270** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
271 lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is
272 terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain
273 the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as
274 separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as
275 next option. If separator option is given multiple times only the
276 last one is used. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )`
277 shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma
278 and a space.
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279** 'unfold[=val]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
280 option was given. In same way as to for `only` it can be followed
281 by an equal sign and explicit value. E.g.,
282 `%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines.
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283** 'valueonly[=val]': skip over the key part of the trailer line and only
284 show the value part. Also this optionally allows explicit value.
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286NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
287revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will
288insert an empty string unless we are traversing reflog entries (e.g., by
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289`git log -g`). The `%d` and `%D` placeholders will use the "short"
290decoration format if `--decorate` was not already provided on the command
291line.
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294is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
295placeholder expands to a non-empty string.
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297If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, all consecutive
298line-feeds immediately preceding the expansion are deleted if and only if the
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299placeholder expands to an empty string.
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301If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space
302is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
303placeholder expands to a non-empty string.
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305* 'tformat:'
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307The 'tformat:' format works exactly like 'format:', except that it
308provides "terminator" semantics instead of "separator" semantics. In
309other words, each commit has the message terminator character (usually a
310newline) appended, rather than a separator placed between entries.
311This means that the final entry of a single-line format will be properly
312terminated with a new line, just as the "oneline" format does.
313For example:
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316$ git log -2 --pretty=format:%h 4da45bef \
317 | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/'
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321$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef \
322 | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/'
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327In addition, any unrecognized string that has a `%` in it is interpreted
328as if it has `tformat:` in front of it. For example, these two are
329equivalent:
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332$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef
333$ git log -2 --pretty=%h 4da45bef
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