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307<title>git-whatchanged(1)</title>
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309<body>
310<div id="header">
311<h1>
312git-whatchanged(1) Manual Page
313</h1>
314<h2>NAME</h2>
315<div class="sectionbody">
316<p>git-whatchanged -
Junio C Hamano01078922006-03-10 00:31:47[diff] [blame]317 Show logs with difference each commit introduces
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]318</p>
319</div>
320</div>
321<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
322<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]323<div class="para"><p><em>git whatchanged</em> &lt;option&gt;&#8230;</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]324</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]325<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]326<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]327<div class="para"><p>Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces. The
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:43[diff] [blame]328command internally invokes <em>git rev-list</em> piped to
329<em>git diff-tree</em>, and takes command line options for both of
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]330these commands.</p></div>
331<div class="para"><p>This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]332</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]333<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]334<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]335<div class="vlist"><dl>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]336<dt>
337-p
338</dt>
339<dd>
340<p>
341 Show textual diffs, instead of the git internal diff
342 output format that is useful only to tell the changed
343 paths and their nature of changes.
344</p>
345</dd>
346<dt>
Junio C Hamanof9771f62007-01-17 17:42:30[diff] [blame]347-&lt;n&gt;
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]348</dt>
349<dd>
350<p>
351 Limit output to &lt;n&gt; commits.
352</p>
353</dd>
354<dt>
355&lt;since&gt;..&lt;until&gt;
356</dt>
357<dd>
358<p>
359 Limit output to between the two named commits (bottom
360 exclusive, top inclusive).
361</p>
362</dd>
363<dt>
364-r
365</dt>
366<dd>
367<p>
368 Show git internal diff output, but for the whole tree,
369 not just the top level.
370</p>
371</dd>
372<dt>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]373-m
374</dt>
375<dd>
376<p>
377 By default, differences for merge commits are not shown.
378 With this flag, show differences to that commit from all
379 of its parents.
380</p>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]381<div class="para"><p>However, it is not very useful in general, although it
382<strong>is</strong> useful on a file-by-file basis.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]383</dd>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]384<dt>
385--pretty[=<em>&lt;format&gt;</em>]
386</dt>
Junio C Hamano0a235222009-03-06 08:21:09[diff] [blame]387<dt>
388--format[=<em>&lt;format&gt;</em>]
389</dt>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]390<dd>
391<p>
392 Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
393 where <em>&lt;format&gt;</em> can be one of <em>oneline</em>, <em>short</em>, <em>medium</em>,
Junio C Hamanoe32ec8b2010-06-02 23:32:31[diff] [blame]394 <em>full</em>, <em>fuller</em>, <em>email</em>, <em>raw</em> and <em>format:&lt;string&gt;</em>. See
395 the "PRETTY FORMATS" section for some additional details for each
396 format. When omitted, the format defaults to <em>medium</em>.
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]397</p>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]398<div class="para"><p>Note: you can specify the default pretty format in the repository
399configuration (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>).</p></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]400</dd>
401<dt>
402--abbrev-commit
403</dt>
404<dd>
405<p>
406 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
Junio C Hamano6efe3022009-01-13 16:47:56[diff] [blame]407 name, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]408 digits can be specified with "--abbrev=&lt;n&gt;" (which also modifies
409 diff output, if it is displayed).
410</p>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]411<div class="para"><p>This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for
412people using 80-column terminals.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]413</dd>
414<dt>
Junio C Hamano0a235222009-03-06 08:21:09[diff] [blame]415--oneline
416</dt>
417<dd>
418<p>
419 This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit"
420 used together.
421</p>
422</dd>
423<dt>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]424--encoding[=&lt;encoding&gt;]
425</dt>
426<dd>
427<p>
428 The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message
429 in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the
430 command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding
431 preferred by the user. For non plumbing commands this
432 defaults to UTF-8.
433</p>
434</dd>
Junio C Hamano57827fb2010-01-23 03:02:50[diff] [blame]435<dt>
436--no-notes
437</dt>
438<dt>
Junio C Hamano31667362010-03-25 00:38:53[diff] [blame]439--show-notes[=&lt;ref&gt;]
Junio C Hamano57827fb2010-01-23 03:02:50[diff] [blame]440</dt>
441<dd>
442<p>
443 Show the notes (see <a href="git-notes.html">git-notes(1)</a>) that annotate the
444 commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default
445 for <tt>git log</tt>, <tt>git show</tt> and <tt>git whatchanged</tt> commands when
446 there is no <tt>--pretty</tt>, <tt>--format</tt> nor <tt>--oneline</tt> option is
447 given on the command line.
448</p>
Junio C Hamano31667362010-03-25 00:38:53[diff] [blame]449<div class="para"><p>With an optional argument, add this ref to the list of notes. The ref
450is taken to be in <tt>refs/notes/</tt> if it is not qualified.</p></div>
451</dd>
452<dt>
453--[no-]standard-notes
454</dt>
455<dd>
456<p>
457 Enable or disable populating the notes ref list from the
458 <em>core.notesRef</em> and <em>notes.displayRef</em> variables (or
459 corresponding environment overrides). Enabled by default.
460 See <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>.
461</p>
Junio C Hamano57827fb2010-01-23 03:02:50[diff] [blame]462</dd>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]463</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]464</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]465<h2 id="_pretty_formats">PRETTY FORMATS</h2>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]466<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]467<div class="para"><p>If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]468is not <em>oneline</em>, <em>email</em> or <em>raw</em>, an additional line is
469inserted before the <em>Author:</em> line. This line begins with
470"Merge: " and the sha1s of ancestral commits are printed,
471separated by spaces. Note that the listed commits may not
472necessarily be the list of the <strong>direct</strong> parent commits if you
473have limited your view of history: for example, if you are
474only interested in changes related to a certain directory or
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]475file.</p></div>
Junio C Hamanoa574a092010-06-13 19:57:10[diff] [blame^]476<div class="para"><p>There are several built-in formats, and you can define
477additional formats by setting a pretty.&lt;name&gt;
478config option to either another format name, or a
479<em>format:</em> string, as described below (see
480<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>). Here are the details of the
481built-in formats:</p></div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]482<div class="ilist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]483<li>
484<p>
485<em>oneline</em>
486</p>
487<div class="literalblock">
488<div class="content">
489<pre><tt>&lt;sha1&gt; &lt;title line&gt;</tt></pre>
490</div></div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]491<div class="para"><p>This is designed to be as compact as possible.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]492</li>
493<li>
494<p>
495<em>short</em>
496</p>
497<div class="literalblock">
498<div class="content">
499<pre><tt>commit &lt;sha1&gt;
500Author: &lt;author&gt;</tt></pre>
501</div></div>
502<div class="literalblock">
503<div class="content">
504<pre><tt>&lt;title line&gt;</tt></pre>
505</div></div>
506</li>
507<li>
508<p>
509<em>medium</em>
510</p>
511<div class="literalblock">
512<div class="content">
513<pre><tt>commit &lt;sha1&gt;
514Author: &lt;author&gt;
Junio C Hamano6a3c8272008-12-19 21:38:18[diff] [blame]515Date: &lt;author date&gt;</tt></pre>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]516</div></div>
517<div class="literalblock">
518<div class="content">
519<pre><tt>&lt;title line&gt;</tt></pre>
520</div></div>
521<div class="literalblock">
522<div class="content">
523<pre><tt>&lt;full commit message&gt;</tt></pre>
524</div></div>
525</li>
526<li>
527<p>
528<em>full</em>
529</p>
530<div class="literalblock">
531<div class="content">
532<pre><tt>commit &lt;sha1&gt;
533Author: &lt;author&gt;
534Commit: &lt;committer&gt;</tt></pre>
535</div></div>
536<div class="literalblock">
537<div class="content">
538<pre><tt>&lt;title line&gt;</tt></pre>
539</div></div>
540<div class="literalblock">
541<div class="content">
542<pre><tt>&lt;full commit message&gt;</tt></pre>
543</div></div>
544</li>
545<li>
546<p>
547<em>fuller</em>
548</p>
549<div class="literalblock">
550<div class="content">
551<pre><tt>commit &lt;sha1&gt;
Junio C Hamano6a3c8272008-12-19 21:38:18[diff] [blame]552Author: &lt;author&gt;
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]553AuthorDate: &lt;author date&gt;
Junio C Hamano6a3c8272008-12-19 21:38:18[diff] [blame]554Commit: &lt;committer&gt;
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]555CommitDate: &lt;committer date&gt;</tt></pre>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]556</div></div>
557<div class="literalblock">
558<div class="content">
559<pre><tt>&lt;title line&gt;</tt></pre>
560</div></div>
561<div class="literalblock">
562<div class="content">
563<pre><tt>&lt;full commit message&gt;</tt></pre>
564</div></div>
565</li>
566<li>
567<p>
568<em>email</em>
569</p>
570<div class="literalblock">
571<div class="content">
572<pre><tt>From &lt;sha1&gt; &lt;date&gt;
573From: &lt;author&gt;
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]574Date: &lt;author date&gt;
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]575Subject: [PATCH] &lt;title line&gt;</tt></pre>
576</div></div>
577<div class="literalblock">
578<div class="content">
579<pre><tt>&lt;full commit message&gt;</tt></pre>
580</div></div>
581</li>
582<li>
583<p>
584<em>raw</em>
585</p>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]586<div class="para"><p>The <em>raw</em> format shows the entire commit exactly as
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]587stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA1s are
588displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
589--no-abbrev are used, and <em>parents</em> information show the
590true parent commits, without taking grafts nor history
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]591simplification into account.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]592</li>
593<li>
594<p>
Junio C Hamanoe32ec8b2010-06-02 23:32:31[diff] [blame]595<em>format:&lt;string&gt;</em>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]596</p>
Junio C Hamanoe32ec8b2010-06-02 23:32:31[diff] [blame]597<div class="para"><p>The <em>format:&lt;string&gt;</em> format allows you to specify which information
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]598you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format,
599with the notable exception that you get a newline with <em>%n</em>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]600instead of <em>\n</em>.</p></div>
601<div class="para"><p>E.g, <em>format:"The author of %h was %an, %ar%nThe title was &gt;&gt;%s&lt;&lt;%n"</em>
602would show something like this:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]603<div class="listingblock">
604<div class="content">
605<pre><tt>The author of fe6e0ee was Junio C Hamano, 23 hours ago
606The title was &gt;&gt;t4119: test autocomputing -p&lt;n&gt; for traditional diff input.&lt;&lt;
607</tt></pre>
608</div></div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]609<div class="para"><p>The placeholders are:</p></div>
610<div class="ilist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]611<li>
612<p>
613<em>%H</em>: commit hash
614</p>
615</li>
616<li>
617<p>
618<em>%h</em>: abbreviated commit hash
619</p>
620</li>
621<li>
622<p>
623<em>%T</em>: tree hash
624</p>
625</li>
626<li>
627<p>
628<em>%t</em>: abbreviated tree hash
629</p>
630</li>
631<li>
632<p>
633<em>%P</em>: parent hashes
634</p>
635</li>
636<li>
637<p>
638<em>%p</em>: abbreviated parent hashes
639</p>
640</li>
641<li>
642<p>
643<em>%an</em>: author name
644</p>
645</li>
646<li>
647<p>
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]648<em>%aN</em>: author name (respecting .mailmap, see <a href="git-shortlog.html">git-shortlog(1)</a> or <a href="git-blame.html">git-blame(1)</a>)
Junio C Hamanof5a93622008-07-16 03:23:57[diff] [blame]649</p>
650</li>
651<li>
652<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]653<em>%ae</em>: author email
654</p>
655</li>
656<li>
657<p>
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]658<em>%aE</em>: author email (respecting .mailmap, see <a href="git-shortlog.html">git-shortlog(1)</a> or <a href="git-blame.html">git-blame(1)</a>)
659</p>
660</li>
661<li>
662<p>
Junio C Hamanoa387df32008-08-29 08:56:58[diff] [blame]663<em>%ad</em>: author date (format respects --date= option)
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]664</p>
665</li>
666<li>
667<p>
668<em>%aD</em>: author date, RFC2822 style
669</p>
670</li>
671<li>
672<p>
673<em>%ar</em>: author date, relative
674</p>
675</li>
676<li>
677<p>
678<em>%at</em>: author date, UNIX timestamp
679</p>
680</li>
681<li>
682<p>
683<em>%ai</em>: author date, ISO 8601 format
684</p>
685</li>
686<li>
687<p>
688<em>%cn</em>: committer name
689</p>
690</li>
691<li>
692<p>
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]693<em>%cN</em>: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see <a href="git-shortlog.html">git-shortlog(1)</a> or <a href="git-blame.html">git-blame(1)</a>)
Junio C Hamanof5a93622008-07-16 03:23:57[diff] [blame]694</p>
695</li>
696<li>
697<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]698<em>%ce</em>: committer email
699</p>
700</li>
701<li>
702<p>
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]703<em>%cE</em>: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see <a href="git-shortlog.html">git-shortlog(1)</a> or <a href="git-blame.html">git-blame(1)</a>)
704</p>
705</li>
706<li>
707<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]708<em>%cd</em>: committer date
709</p>
710</li>
711<li>
712<p>
713<em>%cD</em>: committer date, RFC2822 style
714</p>
715</li>
716<li>
717<p>
718<em>%cr</em>: committer date, relative
719</p>
720</li>
721<li>
722<p>
723<em>%ct</em>: committer date, UNIX timestamp
724</p>
725</li>
726<li>
727<p>
728<em>%ci</em>: committer date, ISO 8601 format
729</p>
730</li>
731<li>
732<p>
Junio C Hamano5e4d8de2008-09-19 06:27:02[diff] [blame]733<em>%d</em>: ref names, like the --decorate option of <a href="git-log.html">git-log(1)</a>
734</p>
735</li>
736<li>
737<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]738<em>%e</em>: encoding
739</p>
740</li>
741<li>
742<p>
743<em>%s</em>: subject
744</p>
745</li>
746<li>
747<p>
Junio C Hamano5f9a6f02009-04-06 08:26:56[diff] [blame]748<em>%f</em>: sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename
749</p>
750</li>
751<li>
752<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]753<em>%b</em>: body
754</p>
755</li>
756<li>
757<p>
Junio C Hamanocb39aea2010-05-09 07:24:48[diff] [blame]758<em>%B</em>: raw body (unwrapped subject and body)
759</p>
760</li>
761<li>
762<p>
Junio C Hamano3b70d3c2009-11-21 17:37:37[diff] [blame]763<em>%N</em>: commit notes
764</p>
765</li>
766<li>
767<p>
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55[diff] [blame]768<em>%gD</em>: reflog selector, e.g., <tt>refs/stash@{1}</tt>
769</p>
770</li>
771<li>
772<p>
773<em>%gd</em>: shortened reflog selector, e.g., <tt>stash@{1}</tt>
774</p>
775</li>
776<li>
777<p>
778<em>%gs</em>: reflog subject
779</p>
780</li>
781<li>
782<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]783<em>%Cred</em>: switch color to red
784</p>
785</li>
786<li>
787<p>
788<em>%Cgreen</em>: switch color to green
789</p>
790</li>
791<li>
792<p>
793<em>%Cblue</em>: switch color to blue
794</p>
795</li>
796<li>
797<p>
798<em>%Creset</em>: reset color
799</p>
800</li>
801<li>
802<p>
Junio C Hamanocc0cb312009-01-22 03:38:50[diff] [blame]803<em>%C(&#8230;)</em>: color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option
804</p>
805</li>
806<li>
807<p>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]808<em>%m</em>: left, right or boundary mark
809</p>
810</li>
811<li>
812<p>
813<em>%n</em>: newline
814</p>
815</li>
Junio C Hamanob78d2592008-04-09 09:39:08[diff] [blame]816<li>
817<p>
Junio C Hamanoa9701f02010-01-21 00:42:16[diff] [blame]818<em>%%</em>: a raw <em>%</em>
819</p>
820</li>
821<li>
822<p>
Junio C Hamanob78d2592008-04-09 09:39:08[diff] [blame]823<em>%x00</em>: print a byte from a hex code
824</p>
825</li>
Junio C Hamanobf984de2009-11-23 06:11:19[diff] [blame]826<li>
827<p>
828<em>%w([&lt;w&gt;[,&lt;i1&gt;[,&lt;i2&gt;]]])</em>: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
Junio C Hamano5706e0b2009-11-24 10:54:16[diff] [blame]829 <a href="git-shortlog.html">git-shortlog(1)</a>.
Junio C Hamanobf984de2009-11-23 06:11:19[diff] [blame]830</p>
831</li>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]832</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]833</li>
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55[diff] [blame]834</ul></div>
835<div class="admonitionblock">
836<table><tr>
837<td class="icon">
838<div class="title">Note</div>
839</td>
840<td class="content">Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
841revision traversal engine. For example, the <tt>%g*</tt> reflog options will
842insert an empty string unless we are traversing reflog entries (e.g., by
843<tt>git log -g</tt>). The <tt>%d</tt> placeholder will use the "short" decoration
844format if <tt>--decorate</tt> was not already provided on the command line.</td>
845</tr></table>
846</div>
Junio C Hamano2bd8a742009-12-01 21:16:59[diff] [blame]847<div class="para"><p>If you add a <tt>&#43;</tt> (plus sign) after <em>%</em> of a placeholder, a line-feed
848is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
849placeholder expands to a non-empty string.</p></div>
850<div class="para"><p>If you add a <tt>-</tt> (minus sign) after <em>%</em> of a placeholder, line-feeds that
851immediately precede the expansion are deleted if and only if the
852placeholder expands to an empty string.</p></div>
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55[diff] [blame]853<div class="ilist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano6fb124c2008-06-13 10:04:01[diff] [blame]854<li>
855<p>
856<em>tformat:</em>
857</p>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]858<div class="para"><p>The <em>tformat:</em> format works exactly like <em>format:</em>, except that it
Junio C Hamano6fb124c2008-06-13 10:04:01[diff] [blame]859provides "terminator" semantics instead of "separator" semantics. In
860other words, each commit has the message terminator character (usually a
861newline) appended, rather than a separator placed between entries.
862This means that the final entry of a single-line format will be properly
863terminated with a new line, just as the "oneline" format does.
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]864For example:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano6fb124c2008-06-13 10:04:01[diff] [blame]865<div class="listingblock">
866<div class="content">
867<pre><tt>$ git log -2 --pretty=format:%h 4da45bef \
868 | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/'
8694da45be
8707134973 -- NO NEWLINE
871
872$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef \
873 | perl -pe '$_ .= " -- NO NEWLINE\n" unless /\n/'
8744da45be
8757134973</tt></pre>
876</div></div>
Junio C Hamano0a235222009-03-06 08:21:09[diff] [blame]877<div class="para"><p>In addition, any unrecognized string that has a <tt>%</tt> in it is interpreted
878as if it has <tt>tformat:</tt> in front of it. For example, these two are
879equivalent:</p></div>
880<div class="listingblock">
881<div class="content">
882<pre><tt>$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef
883$ git log -2 --pretty=%h 4da45bef</tt></pre>
884</div></div>
Junio C Hamano6fb124c2008-06-13 10:04:01[diff] [blame]885</li>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]886</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano86bcccc2008-03-08 09:33:55[diff] [blame]887</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]888<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]889<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]890<div class="vlist"><dl>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]891<dt>
Junio C Hamanofce7c7e2008-07-02 03:06:38[diff] [blame]892git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]893</dt>
894<dd>
895<p>
896 Show as patches the commits since version <em>v2.6.12</em> that changed
897 any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
898</p>
899</dd>
900<dt>
Junio C Hamanofce7c7e2008-07-02 03:06:38[diff] [blame]901git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]902</dt>
903<dd>
904<p>
905 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file <em>gitk</em>.
906 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the <strong>branch</strong> named
907 <em>gitk</em>
908</p>
909</dd>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]910</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]911</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]912<h2 id="_author">Author</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]913<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]914<div class="para"><p>Written by Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt; and
Junio C Hamano0868a302008-07-22 09:20:44[diff] [blame]915Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]916</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]917<h2 id="_documentation">Documentation</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]918<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]919<div class="para"><p>Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list &lt;git@vger.kernel.org&gt;.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]920</div>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]921<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]922<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]923<div class="para"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23[diff] [blame]924</div>
925<div id="footer">
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