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1PRETTY FORMATS
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3
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
7"Merge: " and the sha1s of ancestral commits are printed,
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.
13
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:
20
21* 'oneline'
22
23 <sha1> <title line>
24+
25This is designed to be as compact as possible.
26
27* 'short'
28
29 commit <sha1>
30 Author: <author>
31
32 <title line>
33
34* 'medium'
35
36 commit <sha1>
37 Author: <author>
38 Date: <author date>
39
40 <title line>
41
42 <full commit message>
43
44* 'full'
45
46 commit <sha1>
47 Author: <author>
48 Commit: <committer>
49
50 <title line>
51
52 <full commit message>
53
54* 'fuller'
55
56 commit <sha1>
57 Author: <author>
58 AuthorDate: <author date>
59 Commit: <committer>
60 CommitDate: <committer date>
61
62 <title line>
63
64 <full commit message>
65
66* 'email'
67
68 From <sha1> <date>
69 From: <author>
70 Date: <author date>
71 Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
72
73 <full commit message>
74
75* 'raw'
76+
77The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as
78stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA-1s are
79displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
80--no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
81true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
82simplification into account. Note that this format affects the way
83commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with
84`git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format,
85use `--no-abbrev`.
86
87* 'format:<string>'
88+
89The 'format:<string>' format allows you to specify which information
90you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format,
91with the notable exception that you get a newline with '%n'
92instead of '\n'.
93+
94E.g, 'format:"The author of %h was %an, %ar%nThe title was >>%s<<%n"'
95would show something like this:
96+
97-------
98The author of fe6e0ee was Junio C Hamano, 23 hours ago
99The title was >>t4119: test autocomputing -p<n> for traditional diff input.<<
100
101-------
102+
103The placeholders are:
104
105- Placeholders that expand to a single literal character:
106'%n':: newline
107'%%':: a raw '%'
108'%x00':: print a byte from a hex code
109
110- Placeholders that affect formatting of later placeholders:
111'%Cred':: switch color to red
112'%Cgreen':: switch color to green
113'%Cblue':: switch color to blue
114'%Creset':: reset color
115'%C(...)':: color specification, as described under Values in the
116 "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1]. By
117 default, colors are shown only when enabled for log output
118 (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and respecting
119 the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a
120 terminal). `%C(auto,...)` is accepted as a historical
121 synonym for the default (e.g., `%C(auto,red)`). Specifying
122 `%C(always,...)` will show the colors even when color is
123 not otherwise enabled (though consider just using
124 `--color=always` to enable color for the whole output,
125 including this format and anything else git might color).
126 `auto` alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring
127 on the next placeholders until the color is switched
128 again.
129'%m':: left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark
130'%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])':: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
131 linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
132'%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
133 least N columns, padding spaces on
134 the right if necessary. Optionally
135 truncate at the beginning (ltrunc),
136 the middle (mtrunc) or the end
137 (trunc) if the output is longer than
138 N columns. Note that truncating
139 only works correctly with N >= 2.
140'%<|(<N>)':: make the next placeholder take at least until Nth
141 columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary
142'%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' respectively,
143 but padding spaces on the left
144'%>>(<N>)', '%>>|(<N>)':: similar to '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)'
145 respectively, except that if the next
146 placeholder takes more spaces than given and
147 there are spaces on its left, use those
148 spaces
149'%><(<N>)', '%><|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)'
150 respectively, but padding both sides
151 (i.e. the text is centered)
152
153- Placeholders that expand to information extracted from the commit:
154'%H':: commit hash
155'%h':: abbreviated commit hash
156'%T':: tree hash
157'%t':: abbreviated tree hash
158'%P':: parent hashes
159'%p':: abbreviated parent hashes
160'%an':: author name
161'%aN':: author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
162 or linkgit:git-blame[1])
163'%ae':: author email
164'%aE':: author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1]
165 or linkgit:git-blame[1])
166'%al':: author email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
167'%aL':: author local-part (see '%al') respecting .mailmap, see
168 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
169'%ad':: author date (format respects --date= option)
170'%aD':: author date, RFC2822 style
171'%ar':: author date, relative
172'%at':: author date, UNIX timestamp
173'%ai':: author date, ISO 8601-like format
174'%aI':: author date, strict ISO 8601 format
175'%cn':: committer name
176'%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
177 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
178'%ce':: committer email
179'%cE':: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see
180 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
181'%cl':: author email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
182'%cL':: author local-part (see '%cl') respecting .mailmap, see
183 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
184'%cd':: committer date (format respects --date= option)
185'%cD':: committer date, RFC2822 style
186'%cr':: committer date, relative
187'%ct':: committer date, UNIX timestamp
188'%ci':: committer date, ISO 8601-like format
189'%cI':: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
190'%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
191'%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
192'%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached
193 (like `git log --source`), only works with `git log`
194'%e':: encoding
195'%s':: subject
196'%f':: sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename
197'%b':: body
198'%B':: raw body (unwrapped subject and body)
199ifndef::git-rev-list[]
200'%N':: commit notes
201endif::git-rev-list[]
202'%GG':: raw verification message from GPG for a signed commit
203'%G?':: show "G" for a good (valid) signature,
204 "B" for a bad signature,
205 "U" for a good signature with unknown validity,
206 "X" for a good signature that has expired,
207 "Y" for a good signature made by an expired key,
208 "R" for a good signature made by a revoked key,
209 "E" if the signature cannot be checked (e.g. missing key)
210 and "N" for no signature
211'%GS':: show the name of the signer for a signed commit
212'%GK':: show the key used to sign a signed commit
213'%GF':: show the fingerprint of the key used to sign a signed commit
214'%GP':: show the fingerprint of the primary key whose subkey was used
215 to sign a signed commit
216'%gD':: reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}` or `refs/stash@{2
217 minutes ago}`; the format follows the rules described for the
218 `-g` option. The portion before the `@` is the refname as
219 given on the command line (so `git log -g refs/heads/master`
220 would yield `refs/heads/master@{0}`).
221'%gd':: shortened reflog selector; same as `%gD`, but the refname
222 portion is shortened for human readability (so
223 `refs/heads/master` becomes just `master`).
224'%gn':: reflog identity name
225'%gN':: reflog identity name (respecting .mailmap, see
226 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
227'%ge':: reflog identity email
228'%gE':: reflog identity email (respecting .mailmap, see
229 linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
230'%gs':: reflog subject
231'%(trailers[:options])':: display the trailers of the body as
232 interpreted by
233 linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]. The
234 `trailers` string may be followed by a colon
235 and zero or more comma-separated options:
236** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done
237 case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is
238 given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are
239 shown. This option automatically enables the `only` option so that
240 non-trailer lines in the trailer block are hidden. If that is not
241 desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g.,
242 `%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key
243 `Reviewed-by`.
244** 'only[=val]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
245 block should be included. The `only` keyword may optionally be
246 followed by an equal sign and one of `true`, `on`, `yes` to omit or
247 `false`, `off`, `no` to show the non-trailer lines. If option is
248 given without value it is enabled. If given multiple times the last
249 value is used.
250** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
251 lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is
252 terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain
253 the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as
254 separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as
255 next option. If separator option is given multiple times only the
256 last one is used. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )`
257 shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma
258 and a space.
259** 'unfold[=val]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
260 option was given. In same way as to for `only` it can be followed
261 by an equal sign and explicit value. E.g.,
262 `%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines.
263** 'valueonly[=val]': skip over the key part of the trailer line and only
264 show the value part. Also this optionally allows explicit value.
265
266NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
267revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will
268insert an empty string unless we are traversing reflog entries (e.g., by
269`git log -g`). The `%d` and `%D` placeholders will use the "short"
270decoration format if `--decorate` was not already provided on the command
271line.
272
273If you add a `+` (plus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, a line-feed
274is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
275placeholder expands to a non-empty string.
276
277If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, all consecutive
278line-feeds immediately preceding the expansion are deleted if and only if the
279placeholder expands to an empty string.
280
281If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space
282is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
283placeholder expands to a non-empty string.
284
285* 'tformat:'
286+
287The 'tformat:' format works exactly like 'format:', except that it
288provides "terminator" semantics instead of "separator" semantics. In
289other words, each commit has the message terminator character (usually a
290newline) appended, rather than a separator placed between entries.
291This means that the final entry of a single-line format will be properly
292terminated with a new line, just as the "oneline" format does.
293For example:
294+
295---------------------
296$ git log -2 --pretty=format:%h 4da45bef \
297 | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/'
2984da45be
2997134973 -- NO NEWLINE
300
301$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef \
302 | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/'
3034da45be
3047134973
305---------------------
306+
307In addition, any unrecognized string that has a `%` in it is interpreted
308as if it has `tformat:` in front of it. For example, these two are
309equivalent:
310+
311---------------------
312$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef
313$ git log -2 --pretty=%h 4da45bef
314---------------------