This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.

<commitid>

ID of the commit to show.

--pretty[=<format>]

Pretty-prints the details of a commit. --pretty without an explicit =<format> defaults to medium. 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 sha1s 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. Here are some additional details for each format:

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oneline

<sha1> <title line>

<sha1> <title line>

This is designed to be as compact as possible.

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short

commit <sha1>
Author: <author>

<title line>

<title line>

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medium

commit <sha1>
Author: <author>
Date: <date>

<title line>
<title line>

<full commit message>

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full

commit <sha1>
Author: <author>
Commit: <committer>

<title line>
<title line>

<full commit message>

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fuller

commit <sha1>
Author: <author>
AuthorDate: <date & time>
Commit: <committer>
CommitDate: <date & time>

<title line>
<title line>

<full commit message>

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email

From <sha1> <date>
From: <author>
Date: <date & time>
Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
Subject: [PATCH] <title line>

full commit message>

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raw

The raw format shows the entire commit exactly as stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA1s are displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or --no-abbrev are used, and parents information show the true parent commits, without taking grafts nor history simplification into account.

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