PRETTY FORMATS -------------- If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format is not `oneline`, `email` or `raw`, an additional line is inserted before the `Author:` line. This line begins with "Merge: " and the hashes of ancestral commits are printed, separated by spaces. Note that the listed commits may not necessarily be the list of the 'direct' parent commits if you have limited your view of history: for example, if you are only interested in changes related to a certain directory or file. There are several built-in formats, and you can define additional formats by setting a pretty. config option to either another format name, or a `format:` string, as described below (see linkgit:git-config[1]). Here are the details of the built-in formats: * `oneline` + This is designed to be as compact as possible. * `short` commit Author: * `medium` commit Author: Date: * `full` commit Author: Commit: * `fuller` commit Author: AuthorDate: Commit: CommitDate: * `reference` (, ) + This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and is the same as ++--pretty=\'format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'++. By default, the date is formatted with `--date=short` unless another `--date` option is explicitly specified. As with any `format:` with format placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like `--decorate` and `--walk-reflogs`. * `email` From From: Date: Subject: [PATCH] * `mboxrd` + Like `email`, but lines in the commit message starting with "From " (preceded by zero or more ">") are quoted with ">" so they aren't confused as starting a new commit. * `raw` + The `raw` format shows the entire commit exactly as stored in the commit object. Notably, the hashes are displayed in full, regardless of whether `--abbrev` or `--no-abbrev` are used, and 'parents' information show the true parent commits, without taking grafts or history simplification into account. Note that this format affects the way commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with `git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format, use `--no-abbrev`. * `format:` + The `format:` format allows you to specify which information you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format, with the notable exception that you get a newline with `%n` instead of `\n`. + E.g, 'format:"The author of %h was %an, %ar%nThe title was >>%s<<%n"' would show something like this: + ------- The author of fe6e0ee was Junio C Hamano, 23 hours ago The title was >>t4119: test autocomputing -p for traditional diff input.<< ------- + The placeholders are: - Placeholders that expand to a single literal character: ++%n++:: newline ++%%++:: a raw ++%++ ++%x00++:: ++%x++ followed by two hexadecimal digits is replaced with a byte with the hexadecimal digits' value (we will call this "literal formatting code" in the rest of this document). - Placeholders that affect formatting of later placeholders: ++%Cred++:: switch color to red ++%Cgreen++:: switch color to green ++%Cblue++:: switch color to blue ++%Creset++:: reset color ++%C(++__++)++:: color specification, as described under Values in the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1]. By default, colors are shown only when enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and respecting the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a terminal). ++%C(auto,++__++)++ is accepted as a historical synonym for the default (e.g., ++%C(auto,red)++). Specifying ++%C(always,++__++)++ will show the colors even when color is not otherwise enabled (though consider just using `--color=always` to enable color for the whole output, including this format and anything else git might color). `auto` alone (i.e. ++%C(auto)++) will turn on auto coloring on the next placeholders until the color is switched again. ++%m++:: left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark ++%w(++`[[,[,]]]`++)++:: switch line wrapping, like the `-w` option of linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. ++%<(++`[,(trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc)]`++)++:: make the next placeholder take at least N column widths, padding spaces on the right if necessary. Optionally truncate (with ellipsis `..`) at the left (ltrunc) `..ft`, the middle (mtrunc) `mi..le`, or the end (trunc) `rig..`, if the output is longer than __ columns. Note 1: that truncating only works correctly with __ >= 2. Note 2: spaces around the __ and __ (see below) values are optional. Note 3: Emojis and other wide characters will take two display columns, which may over-run column boundaries. Note 4: decomposed character combining marks may be misplaced at padding boundaries. ++%<|(++__ ++)++:: make the next placeholder take at least until __ th display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary. Use negative __ values for column positions measured from the right hand edge of the terminal window. ++%>(++__++)++:: ++%>|(++__++)++:: similar to ++%<(++__++)++, ++%<|(++__++)++ respectively, but padding spaces on the left ++%>>(++__++)++:: ++%>>|(++__++)++:: similar to ++%>(++__++)++, ++%>|(++__++)++ respectively, except that if the next placeholder takes more spaces than given and there are spaces on its left, use those spaces ++%><(++__++)++:: ++%><|(++__++)++:: similar to ++%<(++__++)++, ++%<|(++__++)++ respectively, but padding both sides (i.e. the text is centered) - Placeholders that expand to information extracted from the commit: +%H+:: commit hash +%h+:: abbreviated commit hash +%T+:: tree hash +%t+:: abbreviated tree hash +%P+:: parent hashes +%p+:: abbreviated parent hashes +%an+:: author name +%aN+:: author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +%ae+:: author email +%aE+:: author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +%al+:: author email local-part (the part before the `@` sign) +%aL+:: author local-part (see +%al+) respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +%ad+:: author date (format respects --date= option) +%aD+:: author date, RFC2822 style +%ar+:: author date, relative +%at+:: author date, UNIX timestamp +%ai+:: author date, ISO 8601-like format +%aI+:: author date, strict ISO 8601 format +%as+:: author date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`) +%ah+:: author date, human style (like the `--date=human` option of linkgit:git-rev-list[1]) +%cn+:: committer name +%cN+:: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +%ce+:: committer email +%cE+:: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +%cl+:: committer email local-part (the part before the `@` sign) +%cL+:: committer local-part (see +%cl+) respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) +%cd+:: committer date (format respects --date= option) +%cD+:: committer date, RFC2822 style +%cr+:: committer date, relative +%ct+:: committer date, UNIX timestamp +%ci+:: committer date, ISO 8601-like format +%cI+:: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format +%cs+:: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`) +%ch+:: committer date, human style (like the `--date=human` option of linkgit:git-rev-list[1]) +%d+:: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1] +%D+:: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping. ++%(decorate++`[: