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737 <h1>
738 git-for-each-ref(1) Manual Page
739 </h1>
740 <h2>NAME</h2>
741 <div class="sectionbody">
742 <p>git-for-each-ref -
743 Output information on each ref
744 </p>
745 </div>
746 </div>
747 <div id="content">
748 <div class="sect1">
749 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
750 <div class="sectionbody">
751 <div class="verseblock">
752 <pre class="content"><em>git for-each-ref</em> [--count=&lt;count&gt;] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
753 [(--sort=&lt;key&gt;)&#8230;] [--format=&lt;format&gt;]
754 [--include-root-refs] [ --stdin | &lt;pattern&gt;&#8230; ]
755 [--points-at=&lt;object&gt;]
756 [--merged[=&lt;object&gt;]] [--no-merged[=&lt;object&gt;]]
757 [--contains[=&lt;object&gt;]] [--no-contains[=&lt;object&gt;]]
758 [--exclude=&lt;pattern&gt; &#8230;]</pre>
759 <div class="attribution">
760 </div></div>
761 </div>
762 </div>
763 <div class="sect1">
764 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
765 <div class="sectionbody">
766 <div class="paragraph"><p>Iterate over all refs that match <code>&lt;pattern&gt;</code> and show them
767 according to the given <code>&lt;format&gt;</code>, after sorting them according
768 to the given set of <code>&lt;key&gt;</code>. If <code>&lt;count&gt;</code> is given, stop after
769 showing that many refs. The interpolated values in <code>&lt;format&gt;</code>
770 can optionally be quoted as string literals in the specified
771 host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language.</p></div>
772 </div>
773 </div>
774 <div class="sect1">
775 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
776 <div class="sectionbody">
777 <div class="dlist"><dl>
778 <dt class="hdlist1">
779 &lt;pattern&gt;&#8230;
780 </dt>
781 <dd>
783 If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
784 match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
785 literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
786 beginning up to a slash.
787 </p>
788 </dd>
789 <dt class="hdlist1">
790 --stdin
791 </dt>
792 <dd>
794 If <code>--stdin</code> is supplied, then the list of patterns is read from
795 standard input instead of from the argument list.
796 </p>
797 </dd>
798 <dt class="hdlist1">
799 --count=&lt;count&gt;
800 </dt>
801 <dd>
803 By default the command shows all refs that match
804 <code>&lt;pattern&gt;</code>. This option makes it stop after showing
805 that many refs.
806 </p>
807 </dd>
808 <dt class="hdlist1">
809 --sort=&lt;key&gt;
810 </dt>
811 <dd>
813 A field name to sort on. Prefix <code>-</code> to sort in
814 descending order of the value. When unspecified,
815 <code>refname</code> is used. You may use the --sort=&lt;key&gt; option
816 multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
817 key.
818 </p>
819 </dd>
820 <dt class="hdlist1">
821 --format=&lt;format&gt;
822 </dt>
823 <dd>
825 A string that interpolates <code>%(fieldname)</code> from a ref being shown and
826 the object it points at. In addition, the string literal <code>%%</code>
827 renders as <code>%</code> and <code>%xx</code> - where <code>xx</code> are hex digits - renders as
828 the character with hex code <code>xx</code>. For example, <code>%00</code> interpolates to
829 <code>\0</code> (NUL), <code>%09</code> to <code>\t</code> (TAB), and <code>%0a</code> to <code>\n</code> (LF).
830 </p>
831 <div class="paragraph"><p>When unspecified, <code>&lt;format&gt;</code> defaults to <code>%(objectname) SPC %(objecttype)
832 TAB %(refname)</code>.</p></div>
833 </dd>
834 <dt class="hdlist1">
835 --color[=&lt;when&gt;]
836 </dt>
837 <dd>
839 Respect any colors specified in the <code>--format</code> option. The
840 <code>&lt;when&gt;</code> field must be one of <code>always</code>, <code>never</code>, or <code>auto</code> (if
841 <code>&lt;when&gt;</code> is absent, behave as if <code>always</code> was given).
842 </p>
843 </dd>
844 <dt class="hdlist1">
845 --shell
846 </dt>
847 <dt class="hdlist1">
848 --perl
849 </dt>
850 <dt class="hdlist1">
851 --python
852 </dt>
853 <dt class="hdlist1">
854 --tcl
855 </dt>
856 <dd>
858 If given, strings that substitute <code>%(fieldname)</code>
859 placeholders are quoted as string literals suitable for
860 the specified host language. This is meant to produce
861 a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed.
862 </p>
863 </dd>
864 <dt class="hdlist1">
865 --points-at=&lt;object&gt;
866 </dt>
867 <dd>
869 Only list refs which points at the given object.
870 </p>
871 </dd>
872 <dt class="hdlist1">
873 --merged[=&lt;object&gt;]
874 </dt>
875 <dd>
877 Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
878 specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
879 </p>
880 </dd>
881 <dt class="hdlist1">
882 --no-merged[=&lt;object&gt;]
883 </dt>
884 <dd>
886 Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
887 specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
888 </p>
889 </dd>
890 <dt class="hdlist1">
891 --contains[=&lt;object&gt;]
892 </dt>
893 <dd>
895 Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
896 specified).
897 </p>
898 </dd>
899 <dt class="hdlist1">
900 --no-contains[=&lt;object&gt;]
901 </dt>
902 <dd>
904 Only list refs which don&#8217;t contain the specified commit (HEAD
905 if not specified).
906 </p>
907 </dd>
908 <dt class="hdlist1">
909 --ignore-case
910 </dt>
911 <dd>
913 Sorting and filtering refs are case insensitive.
914 </p>
915 </dd>
916 <dt class="hdlist1">
917 --omit-empty
918 </dt>
919 <dd>
921 Do not print a newline after formatted refs where the format expands
922 to the empty string.
923 </p>
924 </dd>
925 <dt class="hdlist1">
926 --exclude=&lt;pattern&gt;
927 </dt>
928 <dd>
930 If one or more patterns are given, only refs which do not match
931 any excluded pattern(s) are shown. Matching is done using the
932 same rules as <code>&lt;pattern&gt;</code> above.
933 </p>
934 </dd>
935 <dt class="hdlist1">
936 --include-root-refs
937 </dt>
938 <dd>
940 List root refs (HEAD and pseudorefs) apart from regular refs.
941 </p>
942 </dd>
943 </dl></div>
944 </div>
945 </div>
946 <div class="sect1">
947 <h2 id="_field_names">FIELD NAMES</h2>
948 <div class="sectionbody">
949 <div class="paragraph"><p>Various values from structured fields in referenced objects can
950 be used to interpolate into the resulting output, or as sort
951 keys.</p></div>
952 <div class="paragraph"><p>For all objects, the following names can be used:</p></div>
953 <div class="dlist"><dl>
954 <dt class="hdlist1">
955 refname
956 </dt>
957 <dd>
959 The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
960 For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append <code>:short</code>.
961 The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
962 abbreviation mode. If <code>lstrip=&lt;N&gt;</code> (<code>rstrip=&lt;N&gt;</code>) is appended, strips <code>&lt;N&gt;</code>
963 slash-separated path components from the front (back) of the refname
964 (e.g. <code>%(refname:lstrip=2)</code> turns <code>refs/tags/foo</code> into <code>foo</code> and
965 <code>%(refname:rstrip=2)</code> turns <code>refs/tags/foo</code> into <code>refs</code>).
966 If <code>&lt;N&gt;</code> is a negative number, strip as many path components as
967 necessary from the specified end to leave <code>-&lt;N&gt;</code> path components
968 (e.g. <code>%(refname:lstrip=-2)</code> turns
969 <code>refs/tags/foo</code> into <code>tags/foo</code> and <code>%(refname:rstrip=-1)</code>
970 turns <code>refs/tags/foo</code> into <code>refs</code>). When the ref does not have
971 enough components, the result becomes an empty string if
972 stripping with positive &lt;N&gt;, or it becomes the full refname if
973 stripping with negative &lt;N&gt;. Neither is an error.
974 </p>
975 <div class="paragraph"><p><code>strip</code> can be used as a synonym to <code>lstrip</code>.</p></div>
976 </dd>
977 <dt class="hdlist1">
978 objecttype
979 </dt>
980 <dd>
982 The type of the object (<code>blob</code>, <code>tree</code>, <code>commit</code>, <code>tag</code>).
983 </p>
984 </dd>
985 <dt class="hdlist1">
986 objectsize
987 </dt>
988 <dd>
990 The size of the object (the same as <em>git cat-file -s</em> reports).
991 Append <code>:disk</code> to get the size, in bytes, that the object takes up on
992 disk. See the note about on-disk sizes in the <code>CAVEATS</code> section below.
993 </p>
994 </dd>
995 <dt class="hdlist1">
996 objectname
997 </dt>
998 <dd>
1000 The object name (aka SHA-1).
1001 For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append <code>:short</code>.
1002 For an abbreviation of the object name with desired length append
1003 <code>:short=&lt;length&gt;</code>, where the minimum length is MINIMUM_ABBREV. The
1004 length may be exceeded to ensure unique object names.
1005 </p>
1006 </dd>
1007 <dt class="hdlist1">
1008 deltabase
1009 </dt>
1010 <dd>
1012 This expands to the object name of the delta base for the
1013 given object, if it is stored as a delta. Otherwise it
1014 expands to the null object name (all zeroes).
1015 </p>
1016 </dd>
1017 <dt class="hdlist1">
1018 upstream
1019 </dt>
1020 <dd>
1022 The name of a local ref which can be considered &#8220;upstream&#8221;
1023 from the displayed ref. Respects <code>:short</code>, <code>:lstrip</code> and
1024 <code>:rstrip</code> in the same way as <code>refname</code> above. Additionally
1025 respects <code>:track</code> to show "[ahead N, behind M]" and
1026 <code>:trackshort</code> to show the terse version: "&gt;" (ahead), "&lt;"
1027 (behind), "&lt;&gt;" (ahead and behind), or "=" (in sync). <code>:track</code>
1028 also prints "[gone]" whenever unknown upstream ref is
1029 encountered. Append <code>:track,nobracket</code> to show tracking
1030 information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M").
1031 </p>
1032 <div class="paragraph"><p>For any remote-tracking branch <code>%(upstream)</code>, <code>%(upstream:remotename)</code>
1033 and <code>%(upstream:remoteref)</code> refer to the name of the remote and the
1034 name of the tracked remote ref, respectively. In other words, the
1035 remote-tracking branch can be updated explicitly and individually by
1036 using the refspec <code>%(upstream:remoteref):%(upstream)</code> to fetch from
1037 <code>%(upstream:remotename)</code>.</p></div>
1038 <div class="paragraph"><p>Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated
1039 with it. All the options apart from <code>nobracket</code> are mutually exclusive,
1040 but if used together the last option is selected.</p></div>
1041 </dd>
1042 <dt class="hdlist1">
1043 push
1044 </dt>
1045 <dd>
1047 The name of a local ref which represents the <code>@{push}</code>
1048 location for the displayed ref. Respects <code>:short</code>, <code>:lstrip</code>,
1049 <code>:rstrip</code>, <code>:track</code>, <code>:trackshort</code>, <code>:remotename</code>, and <code>:remoteref</code>
1050 options as <code>upstream</code> does. Produces an empty string if no <code>@{push}</code>
1051 ref is configured.
1052 </p>
1053 </dd>
1054 <dt class="hdlist1">
1055 HEAD
1056 </dt>
1057 <dd>
1059 <em>*</em> if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' '
1060 otherwise.
1061 </p>
1062 </dd>
1063 <dt class="hdlist1">
1064 color
1065 </dt>
1066 <dd>
1068 Change output color. Followed by <code>:&lt;colorname&gt;</code>, where color
1069 names are described under Values in the "CONFIGURATION FILE"
1070 section of <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>. For example,
1071 <code>%(color:bold red)</code>.
1072 </p>
1073 </dd>
1074 <dt class="hdlist1">
1075 align
1076 </dt>
1077 <dd>
1079 Left-, middle-, or right-align the content between
1080 %(align:&#8230;) and %(end). The "align:" is followed by
1081 <code>width=&lt;width&gt;</code> and <code>position=&lt;position&gt;</code> in any order
1082 separated by a comma, where the <code>&lt;position&gt;</code> is either left,
1083 right or middle, default being left and <code>&lt;width&gt;</code> is the total
1084 length of the content with alignment. For brevity, the
1085 "width=" and/or "position=" prefixes may be omitted, and bare
1086 &lt;width&gt; and &lt;position&gt; used instead. For instance,
1087 <code>%(align:&lt;width&gt;,&lt;position&gt;)</code>. If the contents length is more
1088 than the width then no alignment is performed. If used with
1089 <code>--quote</code> everything in between %(align:&#8230;) and %(end) is
1090 quoted, but if nested then only the topmost level performs
1091 quoting.
1092 </p>
1093 </dd>
1094 <dt class="hdlist1">
1096 </dt>
1097 <dd>
1099 Used as %(if)&#8230;%(then)&#8230;%(end) or
1100 %(if)&#8230;%(then)&#8230;%(else)&#8230;%(end). If there is an atom with
1101 value or string literal after the %(if) then everything after
1102 the %(then) is printed, else if the %(else) atom is used, then
1103 everything after %(else) is printed. We ignore space when
1104 evaluating the string before %(then), this is useful when we
1105 use the %(HEAD) atom which prints either "*" or " " and we
1106 want to apply the <em>if</em> condition only on the <em>HEAD</em> ref.
1107 Append ":equals=&lt;string&gt;" or ":notequals=&lt;string&gt;" to compare
1108 the value between the %(if:&#8230;) and %(then) atoms with the
1109 given string.
1110 </p>
1111 </dd>
1112 <dt class="hdlist1">
1113 symref
1114 </dt>
1115 <dd>
1117 The ref which the given symbolic ref refers to. If not a
1118 symbolic ref, nothing is printed. Respects the <code>:short</code>,
1119 <code>:lstrip</code> and <code>:rstrip</code> options in the same way as <code>refname</code>
1120 above.
1121 </p>
1122 </dd>
1123 <dt class="hdlist1">
1124 signature
1125 </dt>
1126 <dd>
1128 The GPG signature of a commit.
1129 </p>
1130 </dd>
1131 <dt class="hdlist1">
1132 signature:grade
1133 </dt>
1134 <dd>
1136 Show "G" for a good (valid) signature, "B" for a bad
1137 signature, "U" for a good signature with unknown validity, "X"
1138 for a good signature that has expired, "Y" for a good
1139 signature made by an expired key, "R" for a good signature
1140 made by a revoked key, "E" if the signature cannot be
1141 checked (e.g. missing key) and "N" for no signature.
1142 </p>
1143 </dd>
1144 <dt class="hdlist1">
1145 signature:signer
1146 </dt>
1147 <dd>
1149 The signer of the GPG signature of a commit.
1150 </p>
1151 </dd>
1152 <dt class="hdlist1">
1153 signature:key
1154 </dt>
1155 <dd>
1157 The key of the GPG signature of a commit.
1158 </p>
1159 </dd>
1160 <dt class="hdlist1">
1161 signature:fingerprint
1162 </dt>
1163 <dd>
1165 The fingerprint of the GPG signature of a commit.
1166 </p>
1167 </dd>
1168 <dt class="hdlist1">
1169 signature:primarykeyfingerprint
1170 </dt>
1171 <dd>
1173 The primary key fingerprint of the GPG signature of a commit.
1174 </p>
1175 </dd>
1176 <dt class="hdlist1">
1177 signature:trustlevel
1178 </dt>
1179 <dd>
1181 The trust level of the GPG signature of a commit. Possible
1182 outputs are <code>ultimate</code>, <code>fully</code>, <code>marginal</code>, <code>never</code> and <code>undefined</code>.
1183 </p>
1184 </dd>
1185 <dt class="hdlist1">
1186 worktreepath
1187 </dt>
1188 <dd>
1190 The absolute path to the worktree in which the ref is checked
1191 out, if it is checked out in any linked worktree. Empty string
1192 otherwise.
1193 </p>
1194 </dd>
1195 <dt class="hdlist1">
1196 ahead-behind:&lt;committish&gt;
1197 </dt>
1198 <dd>
1200 Two integers, separated by a space, demonstrating the number of
1201 commits ahead and behind, respectively, when comparing the output
1202 ref to the <code>&lt;committish&gt;</code> specified in the format.
1203 </p>
1204 </dd>
1205 <dt class="hdlist1">
1206 describe[:options]
1207 </dt>
1208 <dd>
1210 A human-readable name, like <a href="git-describe.html">git-describe(1)</a>;
1211 empty string for undescribable commits. The <code>describe</code> string may
1212 be followed by a colon and one or more comma-separated options.
1213 </p>
1214 <div class="openblock">
1215 <div class="content">
1216 <div class="dlist"><dl>
1217 <dt class="hdlist1">
1218 tags=&lt;bool-value&gt;
1219 </dt>
1220 <dd>
1222 Instead of only considering annotated tags, consider
1223 lightweight tags as well; see the corresponding option in
1224 <a href="git-describe.html">git-describe(1)</a> for details.
1225 </p>
1226 </dd>
1227 <dt class="hdlist1">
1228 abbrev=&lt;number&gt;
1229 </dt>
1230 <dd>
1232 Use at least &lt;number&gt; hexadecimal digits; see the corresponding
1233 option in <a href="git-describe.html">git-describe(1)</a> for details.
1234 </p>
1235 </dd>
1236 <dt class="hdlist1">
1237 match=&lt;pattern&gt;
1238 </dt>
1239 <dd>
1241 Only consider tags matching the given <code>glob(7)</code> pattern,
1242 excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix; see the corresponding option
1243 in <a href="git-describe.html">git-describe(1)</a> for details.
1244 </p>
1245 </dd>
1246 <dt class="hdlist1">
1247 exclude=&lt;pattern&gt;
1248 </dt>
1249 <dd>
1251 Do not consider tags matching the given <code>glob(7)</code> pattern,
1252 excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix; see the corresponding option
1253 in <a href="git-describe.html">git-describe(1)</a> for details.
1254 </p>
1255 </dd>
1256 </dl></div>
1257 </div></div>
1258 </dd>
1259 </dl></div>
1260 <div class="paragraph"><p>In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
1261 field names (<code>tree</code>, <code>parent</code>, <code>object</code>, <code>type</code>, and <code>tag</code>) can
1262 be used to specify the value in the header field.
1263 Fields <code>tree</code> and <code>parent</code> can also be used with modifier <code>:short</code> and
1264 <code>:short=&lt;length&gt;</code> just like <code>objectname</code>.</p></div>
1265 <div class="paragraph"><p>For commit and tag objects, the special <code>creatordate</code> and <code>creator</code>
1266 fields will correspond to the appropriate date or name-email-date tuple
1267 from the <code>committer</code> or <code>tagger</code> fields depending on the object type.
1268 These are intended for working on a mix of annotated and lightweight tags.</p></div>
1269 <div class="paragraph"><p>For tag objects, a <code>fieldname</code> prefixed with an asterisk (<code>*</code>) expands to
1270 the <code>fieldname</code> value of the peeled object, rather than that of the tag
1271 object itself.</p></div>
1272 <div class="paragraph"><p>Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (<code>author</code>,
1273 <code>committer</code>, and <code>tagger</code>) can be suffixed with <code>name</code>, <code>email</code>,
1274 and <code>date</code> to extract the named component. For email fields (<code>authoremail</code>,
1275 <code>committeremail</code> and <code>taggeremail</code>), <code>:trim</code> can be appended to get the email
1276 without angle brackets, and <code>:localpart</code> to get the part before the <code>@</code> symbol
1277 out of the trimmed email. In addition to these, the <code>:mailmap</code> option and the
1278 corresponding <code>:mailmap,trim</code> and <code>:mailmap,localpart</code> can be used (order does
1279 not matter) to get values of the name and email according to the .mailmap file
1280 or according to the file set in the mailmap.file or mailmap.blob configuration
1281 variable (see <a href="gitmailmap.html">gitmailmap(5)</a>).</p></div>
1282 <div class="paragraph"><p>The raw data in an object is <code>raw</code>.</p></div>
1283 <div class="dlist"><dl>
1284 <dt class="hdlist1">
1285 raw:size
1286 </dt>
1287 <dd>
1289 The raw data size of the object.
1290 </p>
1291 </dd>
1292 </dl></div>
1293 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note that <code>--format=%(raw)</code> can not be used with <code>--python</code>, <code>--shell</code>, <code>--tcl</code>,
1294 because such language may not support arbitrary binary data in their string
1295 variable type.</p></div>
1296 <div class="paragraph"><p>The message in a commit or a tag object is <code>contents</code>, from which
1297 <code>contents:&lt;part&gt;</code> can be used to extract various parts out of:</p></div>
1298 <div class="dlist"><dl>
1299 <dt class="hdlist1">
1300 contents:size
1301 </dt>
1302 <dd>
1304 The size in bytes of the commit or tag message.
1305 </p>
1306 </dd>
1307 <dt class="hdlist1">
1308 contents:subject
1309 </dt>
1310 <dd>
1312 The first paragraph of the message, which typically is a
1313 single line, is taken as the "subject" of the commit or the
1314 tag message.
1315 Instead of <code>contents:subject</code>, field <code>subject</code> can also be used to
1316 obtain same results. <code>:sanitize</code> can be appended to <code>subject</code> for
1317 subject line suitable for filename.
1318 </p>
1319 </dd>
1320 <dt class="hdlist1">
1321 contents:body
1322 </dt>
1323 <dd>
1325 The remainder of the commit or the tag message that follows
1326 the "subject".
1327 </p>
1328 </dd>
1329 <dt class="hdlist1">
1330 contents:signature
1331 </dt>
1332 <dd>
1334 The optional GPG signature of the tag.
1335 </p>
1336 </dd>
1337 <dt class="hdlist1">
1338 contents:lines=N
1339 </dt>
1340 <dd>
1342 The first <code>N</code> lines of the message.
1343 </p>
1344 </dd>
1345 </dl></div>
1346 <div class="paragraph"><p>Additionally, the trailers as interpreted by <a href="git-interpret-trailers.html">git-interpret-trailers(1)</a>
1347 are obtained as <code>trailers[:options]</code> (or by using the historical alias
1348 <code>contents:trailers[:options]</code>). For valid [:option] values see <code>trailers</code>
1349 section of <a href="git-log.html">git-log(1)</a>.</p></div>
1350 <div class="paragraph"><p>For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric order
1351 (<code>objectsize</code>, <code>authordate</code>, <code>committerdate</code>, <code>creatordate</code>, <code>taggerdate</code>).
1352 All other fields are used to sort in their byte-value order.</p></div>
1353 <div class="paragraph"><p>There is also an option to sort by versions, this can be done by using
1354 the fieldname <code>version:refname</code> or its alias <code>v:refname</code>.</p></div>
1355 <div class="paragraph"><p>In any case, a field name that refers to a field inapplicable to
1356 the object referred by the ref does not cause an error. It
1357 returns an empty string instead.</p></div>
1358 <div class="paragraph"><p>As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for the
1359 date by adding <code>:</code> followed by date format name (see the values the <code>--date</code>
1360 option to <a href="git-rev-list.html">git-rev-list(1)</a> takes). If this formatting is provided in
1361 a <code>--sort</code> key, references will be sorted according to the byte-value of the
1362 formatted string rather than the numeric value of the underlying timestamp.</p></div>
1363 <div class="paragraph"><p>Some atoms like %(align) and %(if) always require a matching %(end).
1364 We call them "opening atoms" and sometimes denote them as %($open).</p></div>
1365 <div class="paragraph"><p>When a scripting language specific quoting is in effect, everything
1366 between a top-level opening atom and its matching %(end) is evaluated
1367 according to the semantics of the opening atom and only its result
1368 from the top-level is quoted.</p></div>
1369 </div>
1370 </div>
1371 <div class="sect1">
1372 <h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
1373 <div class="sectionbody">
1374 <div class="paragraph"><p>An example directly producing formatted text. Show the most recent
1375 3 tagged commits:</p></div>
1376 <div class="listingblock">
1377 <div class="content">
1378 <pre><code>#!/bin/sh
1380 git for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \
1381 --format='From: %(*authorname) %(*authoremail)
1382 Subject: %(*subject)
1383 Date: %(*authordate)
1384 Ref: %(*refname)
1386 %(*body)
1387 ' 'refs/tags'</code></pre>
1388 </div></div>
1389 <div class="paragraph"><p>A simple example showing the use of shell eval on the output,
1390 demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads:</p></div>
1391 <div class="listingblock">
1392 <div class="content">
1393 <pre><code>#!/bin/sh
1395 git for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \
1396 while read entry
1398 eval "$entry"
1399 echo `dirname $ref`
1400 done</code></pre>
1401 </div></div>
1402 <div class="paragraph"><p>A bit more elaborate report on tags, demonstrating that the format
1403 may be an entire script:</p></div>
1404 <div class="listingblock">
1405 <div class="content">
1406 <pre><code>#!/bin/sh
1408 fmt='
1409 r=%(refname)
1410 t=%(*objecttype)
1411 T=${r#refs/tags/}
1413 o=%(*objectname)
1414 n=%(*authorname)
1415 e=%(*authoremail)
1416 s=%(*subject)
1417 d=%(*authordate)
1418 b=%(*body)
1420 kind=Tag
1421 if test "z$t" = z
1422 then
1423 # could be a lightweight tag
1424 t=%(objecttype)
1425 kind="Lightweight tag"
1426 o=%(objectname)
1427 n=%(authorname)
1428 e=%(authoremail)
1429 s=%(subject)
1430 d=%(authordate)
1431 b=%(body)
1433 echo "$kind $T points at a $t object $o"
1434 if test "z$t" = zcommit
1435 then
1436 echo "The commit was authored by $n $e
1437 at $d, and titled
1441 Its message reads as:
1443 echo "$b" | sed -e "s/^/ /"
1444 echo
1448 eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \
1449 --sort='*objecttype' \
1450 --sort=-taggerdate \
1451 refs/tags`
1452 eval "$eval"</code></pre>
1453 </div></div>
1454 <div class="paragraph"><p>An example to show the usage of %(if)&#8230;%(then)&#8230;%(else)&#8230;%(end).
1455 This prefixes the current branch with a star.</p></div>
1456 <div class="listingblock">
1457 <div class="content">
1458 <pre><code>git for-each-ref --format="%(if)%(HEAD)%(then)* %(else) %(end)%(refname:short)" refs/heads/</code></pre>
1459 </div></div>
1460 <div class="paragraph"><p>An example to show the usage of %(if)&#8230;%(then)&#8230;%(end).
1461 This prints the authorname, if present.</p></div>
1462 <div class="listingblock">
1463 <div class="content">
1464 <pre><code>git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)%(if)%(authorname)%(then) Authored by: %(authorname)%(end)"</code></pre>
1465 </div></div>
1466 </div>
1467 </div>
1468 <div class="sect1">
1469 <h2 id="_caveats">CAVEATS</h2>
1470 <div class="sectionbody">
1471 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note that the sizes of objects on disk are reported accurately, but care
1472 should be taken in drawing conclusions about which refs or objects are
1473 responsible for disk usage. The size of a packed non-delta object may be
1474 much larger than the size of objects which delta against it, but the
1475 choice of which object is the base and which is the delta is arbitrary
1476 and is subject to change during a repack.</p></div>
1477 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note also that multiple copies of an object may be present in the object
1478 database; in this case, it is undefined which copy&#8217;s size or delta base
1479 will be reported.</p></div>
1480 </div>
1481 </div>
1482 <div class="sect1">
1483 <h2 id="_notes">NOTES</h2>
1484 <div class="sectionbody">
1485 <div class="paragraph"><p>When combining multiple <code>--contains</code> and <code>--no-contains</code> filters, only
1486 references that contain at least one of the <code>--contains</code> commits and
1487 contain none of the <code>--no-contains</code> commits are shown.</p></div>
1488 <div class="paragraph"><p>When combining multiple <code>--merged</code> and <code>--no-merged</code> filters, only
1489 references that are reachable from at least one of the <code>--merged</code>
1490 commits and from none of the <code>--no-merged</code> commits are shown.</p></div>
1491 </div>
1492 </div>
1493 <div class="sect1">
1494 <h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
1495 <div class="sectionbody">
1496 <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-show-ref.html">git-show-ref(1)</a></p></div>
1497 </div>
1498 </div>
1499 <div class="sect1">
1500 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
1501 <div class="sectionbody">
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