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+git-for-each-ref(1)
+===================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-for-each-ref - Output information on each ref
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
+ [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
+ [--points-at=<object>]
+ [--merged[=<object>]] [--no-merged[=<object>]]
+ [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+Iterate over all refs that match `<pattern>` and show them
+according to the given `<format>`, after sorting them according
+to the given set of `<key>`. If `<count>` is given, stop after
+showing that many refs. The interpolated values in `<format>`
+can optionally be quoted as string literals in the specified
+host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<pattern>...::
+ If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
+ match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
+ literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
+ beginning up to a slash.
+
+--count=<count>::
+ By default the command shows all refs that match
+ `<pattern>`. This option makes it stop after showing
+ that many refs.
+
+--sort=<key>::
+ A field name to sort on. Prefix `-` to sort in
+ descending order of the value. When unspecified,
+ `refname` is used. You may use the --sort=<key> option
+ multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
+ key.
+
+--format=<format>::
+ A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from a ref being shown
+ and the object it points at. If `fieldname`
+ is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref points
+ at a tag object, use the value for the field in the object
+ which the tag object refers to (instead of the field in the tag object).
+ When unspecified, `<format>` defaults to
+ `%(objectname) SPC %(objecttype) TAB %(refname)`.
+ It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and `%xx` where `xx`
+ are hex digits interpolates to character with hex code
+ `xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
+ `%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
+
+--color[=<when>]::
+ Respect any colors specified in the `--format` option. The
+ `<when>` field must be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto` (if
+ `<when>` is absent, behave as if `always` was given).
+
+--shell::
+--perl::
+--python::
+--tcl::
+ If given, strings that substitute `%(fieldname)`
+ placeholders are quoted as string literals suitable for
+ the specified host language. This is meant to produce
+ a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed.
+
+--points-at=<object>::
+ Only list refs which points at the given object.
+
+--merged[=<object>]::
+ Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
+
+--no-merged[=<object>]::
+ Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
+
+--contains[=<object>]::
+ Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
+ specified).
+
+--no-contains[=<object>]::
+ Only list refs which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD
+ if not specified).
+
+--ignore-case::
+ Sorting and filtering refs are case insensitive.
+
+FIELD NAMES
+-----------
+
+Various values from structured fields in referenced objects can
+be used to interpolate into the resulting output, or as sort
+keys.
+
+For all objects, the following names can be used:
+
+refname::
+ The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
+ For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`.
+ The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
+ abbreviation mode. If `lstrip=<N>` (`rstrip=<N>`) is appended, strips `<N>`
+ slash-separated path components from the front (back) of the refname
+ (e.g. `%(refname:lstrip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo` and
+ `%(refname:rstrip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `refs`).
+ If `<N>` is a negative number, strip as many path components as
+ necessary from the specified end to leave `-<N>` path components
+ (e.g. `%(refname:lstrip=-2)` turns
+ `refs/tags/foo` into `tags/foo` and `%(refname:rstrip=-1)`
+ turns `refs/tags/foo` into `refs`). When the ref does not have
+ enough components, the result becomes an empty string if
+ stripping with positive <N>, or it becomes the full refname if
+ stripping with negative <N>. Neither is an error.
++
+`strip` can be used as a synonym to `lstrip`.
+
+objecttype::
+ The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
+
+objectsize::
+ The size of the object (the same as 'git cat-file -s' reports).
+ Append `:disk` to get the size, in bytes, that the object takes up on
+ disk. See the note about on-disk sizes in the `CAVEATS` section below.
+objectname::
+ The object name (aka SHA-1).
+ For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append `:short`.
+ For an abbreviation of the object name with desired length append
+ `:short=<length>`, where the minimum length is MINIMUM_ABBREV. The
+ length may be exceeded to ensure unique object names.
+deltabase::
+ This expands to the object name of the delta base for the
+ given object, if it is stored as a delta. Otherwise it
+ expands to the null object name (all zeroes).
+
+upstream::
+ The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream''
+ from the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip` and
+ `:rstrip` in the same way as `refname` above. Additionally
+ respects `:track` to show "[ahead N, behind M]" and
+ `:trackshort` to show the terse version: ">" (ahead), "<"
+ (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind), or "=" (in sync). `:track`
+ also prints "[gone]" whenever unknown upstream ref is
+ encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking
+ information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M").
++
+For any remote-tracking branch `%(upstream)`, `%(upstream:remotename)`
+and `%(upstream:remoteref)` refer to the name of the remote and the
+name of the tracked remote ref, respectively. In other words, the
+remote-tracking branch can be updated explicitly and individually by
+using the refspec `%(upstream:remoteref):%(upstream)` to fetch from
+`%(upstream:remotename)`.
++
+Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated
+with it. All the options apart from `nobracket` are mutually exclusive,
+but if used together the last option is selected.
+
+push::
+ The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}`
+ location for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip`,
+ `:rstrip`, `:track`, `:trackshort`, `:remotename`, and `:remoteref`
+ options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}`
+ ref is configured.
+
+HEAD::
+ '*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' '
+ otherwise.
+
+color::
+ Change output color. Followed by `:<colorname>`, where color
+ names are described under Values in the "CONFIGURATION FILE"
+ section of linkgit:git-config[1]. For example,
+ `%(color:bold red)`.
+
+align::
+ Left-, middle-, or right-align the content between
+ %(align:...) and %(end). The "align:" is followed by
+ `width=<width>` and `position=<position>` in any order
+ separated by a comma, where the `<position>` is either left,
+ right or middle, default being left and `<width>` is the total
+ length of the content with alignment. For brevity, the
+ "width=" and/or "position=" prefixes may be omitted, and bare
+ <width> and <position> used instead. For instance,
+ `%(align:<width>,<position>)`. If the contents length is more
+ than the width then no alignment is performed. If used with
+ `--quote` everything in between %(align:...) and %(end) is
+ quoted, but if nested then only the topmost level performs
+ quoting.
+
+if::
+ Used as %(if)...%(then)...%(end) or
+ %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end). If there is an atom with
+ value or string literal after the %(if) then everything after
+ the %(then) is printed, else if the %(else) atom is used, then
+ everything after %(else) is printed. We ignore space when
+ evaluating the string before %(then), this is useful when we
+ use the %(HEAD) atom which prints either "*" or " " and we
+ want to apply the 'if' condition only on the 'HEAD' ref.
+ Append ":equals=<string>" or ":notequals=<string>" to compare
+ the value between the %(if:...) and %(then) atoms with the
+ given string.
+
+symref::
+ The ref which the given symbolic ref refers to. If not a
+ symbolic ref, nothing is printed. Respects the `:short`,
+ `:lstrip` and `:rstrip` options in the same way as `refname`
+ above.
+
+worktreepath::
+ The absolute path to the worktree in which the ref is checked
+ out, if it is checked out in any linked worktree. Empty string
+ otherwise.
+
+In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
+field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
+be used to specify the value in the header field.
+Fields `tree` and `parent` can also be used with modifier `:short` and
+`:short=<length>` just like `objectname`.
+
+For commit and tag objects, the special `creatordate` and `creator`
+fields will correspond to the appropriate date or name-email-date tuple
+from the `committer` or `tagger` fields depending on the object type.
+These are intended for working on a mix of annotated and lightweight tags.
+
+Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`,
+`committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`,
+and `date` to extract the named component. For email fields (`authoremail`,
+`committeremail` and `taggeremail`), `:trim` can be appended to get the email
+without angle brackets, and `:localpart` to get the part before the `@` symbol
+out of the trimmed email.
+
+The raw data in an object is `raw`.
+
+raw:size::
+ The raw data size of the object.
+
+Note that `--format=%(raw)` can not be used with `--python`, `--shell`, `--tcl`,
+because such language may not support arbitrary binary data in their string
+variable type.
+
+The message in a commit or a tag object is `contents`, from which
+`contents:<part>` can be used to extract various parts out of:
+
+contents:size::
+ The size in bytes of the commit or tag message.
+
+contents:subject::
+ The first paragraph of the message, which typically is a
+ single line, is taken as the "subject" of the commit or the
+ tag message.
+ Instead of `contents:subject`, field `subject` can also be used to
+ obtain same results. `:sanitize` can be appended to `subject` for
+ subject line suitable for filename.
+
+contents:body::
+ The remainder of the commit or the tag message that follows
+ the "subject".
+
+contents:signature::
+ The optional GPG signature of the tag.
+
+contents:lines=N::
+ The first `N` lines of the message.
+
+Additionally, the trailers as interpreted by linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]
+are obtained as `trailers[:options]` (or by using the historical alias
+`contents:trailers[:options]`). For valid [:option] values see `trailers`
+section of linkgit:git-log[1].
+
+For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric order
+(`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `creatordate`, `taggerdate`).
+All other fields are used to sort in their byte-value order.
+
+There is also an option to sort by versions, this can be done by using
+the fieldname `version:refname` or its alias `v:refname`.
+
+In any case, a field name that refers to a field inapplicable to
+the object referred by the ref does not cause an error. It
+returns an empty string instead.
+
+As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for
+the date by adding `:` followed by date format name (see the
+values the `--date` option to linkgit:git-rev-list[1] takes).
+
+Some atoms like %(align) and %(if) always require a matching %(end).
+We call them "opening atoms" and sometimes denote them as %($open).
+
+When a scripting language specific quoting is in effect, everything
+between a top-level opening atom and its matching %(end) is evaluated
+according to the semantics of the opening atom and only its result
+from the top-level is quoted.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+An example directly producing formatted text. Show the most recent
+3 tagged commits:
+
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+
+git for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \
+--format='From: %(*authorname) %(*authoremail)
+Subject: %(*subject)
+Date: %(*authordate)
+Ref: %(*refname)
+
+%(*body)
+' 'refs/tags'
+------------
+
+
+A simple example showing the use of shell eval on the output,
+demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads:
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+
+git for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \
+while read entry
+do
+ eval "$entry"
+ echo `dirname $ref`
+done
+------------
+
+
+A bit more elaborate report on tags, demonstrating that the format
+may be an entire script:
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+
+fmt='
+ r=%(refname)
+ t=%(*objecttype)
+ T=${r#refs/tags/}
+
+ o=%(*objectname)
+ n=%(*authorname)
+ e=%(*authoremail)
+ s=%(*subject)
+ d=%(*authordate)
+ b=%(*body)
+
+ kind=Tag
+ if test "z$t" = z
+ then
+ # could be a lightweight tag
+ t=%(objecttype)
+ kind="Lightweight tag"
+ o=%(objectname)
+ n=%(authorname)
+ e=%(authoremail)
+ s=%(subject)
+ d=%(authordate)
+ b=%(body)
+ fi
+ echo "$kind $T points at a $t object $o"
+ if test "z$t" = zcommit
+ then
+ echo "The commit was authored by $n $e
+at $d, and titled
+
+ $s
+
+Its message reads as:
+"
+ echo "$b" | sed -e "s/^/ /"
+ echo
+ fi
+'
+
+eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \
+ --sort='*objecttype' \
+ --sort=-taggerdate \
+ refs/tags`
+eval "$eval"
+------------
+
+
+An example to show the usage of %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end).
+This prefixes the current branch with a star.
+
+------------
+git for-each-ref --format="%(if)%(HEAD)%(then)* %(else) %(end)%(refname:short)" refs/heads/
+------------
+
+
+An example to show the usage of %(if)...%(then)...%(end).
+This prints the authorname, if present.
+
+------------
+git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)%(if)%(authorname)%(then) Authored by: %(authorname)%(end)"
+------------
+
+CAVEATS
+-------
+
+Note that the sizes of objects on disk are reported accurately, but care
+should be taken in drawing conclusions about which refs or objects are
+responsible for disk usage. The size of a packed non-delta object may be
+much larger than the size of objects which delta against it, but the
+choice of which object is the base and which is the delta is arbitrary
+and is subject to change during a repack.
+
+Note also that multiple copies of an object may be present in the object
+database; in this case, it is undefined which copy's size or delta base
+will be reported.
+
+NOTES
+-----
+
+include::ref-reachability-filters.txt[]
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-show-ref[1]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite