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git-rev-list(1)
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v0.1, May 2005
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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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'git-rev-list' [ *--max-count*=number ] [ *--max-age*=timestamp ] [ *--min-age*=timestamp ] [ *--merge-order* [ *--show-breaks* ] ] <commit>
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DESCRIPTION
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Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order starting at the
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given commit, taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
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useful to produce human-readable log output.
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If *--merge-order* is specified, the commit history is decomposed into a
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unique sequence of minimal, non-linear epochs and maximal, linear epochs.
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Non-linear epochs are then linearised by sorting them into merge order, which
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is described below.
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Maximal, linear epochs correspond to periods of sequential development.
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Minimal, non-linear epochs correspond to periods of divergent development
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followed by a converging merge. The theory of epochs is described in more
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detail at
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link:http://blackcubes.dyndns.org/epoch/[http://blackcubes.dyndns.org/epoch/].
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The merge order for a non-linear epoch is defined as a linearisation for which
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the following invariants are true:
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1. if a commit P is reachable from commit N, commit P sorts after commit N
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in the linearised list.
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2. if Pi and Pj are any two parents of a merge M (with i < j), then any
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commit N, such that N is reachable from Pj but not reachable from Pi,
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sorts before all commits reachable from Pi.
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Invariant 1 states that later commits appear before earlier commits they are
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derived from.
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Invariant 2 states that commits unique to "later" parents in a merge, appear
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before all commits from "earlier" parents of a merge.
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If *--show-breaks* is specified, each item of the list is output with a
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2-character prefix consisting of one of: (|), (^), (=) followed by a space.
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Commits marked with (=) represent the boundaries of minimal, non-linear epochs
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and correspond either to the start of a period of divergent development or to
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the end of such a period.
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Commits marked with (|) are direct parents of commits immediately preceding
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the marked commit in the list.
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Commits marked with (^) are not parents of the immediately preceding commit.
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These "breaks" represent necessary discontinuities implied by trying to
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represent an arbtirary DAG in a linear form.
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*--show-breaks* is only valid if *--merge-order* is also specified.
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Original *--merge-order* logic by Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
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Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
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