gitgit-rev-list

How to output only the "--pretty=" part of git rev-list?


git rev-list --pretty='%H %an <%ae> %at' origin/topic-branch ^origin/master

outputs the following:

commit d2d0b50ceac50cc81cf991ce09ab3db134af751d
d2d0b50ceac50cc81cf991ce09ab3db134af751d John Doe <john@doe.com> 1592392426
commit c5e1438a6ef2e6090c3f9dd9df0a5834b32b50b1
c5e1438a6ef2e6090c3f9dd9df0a5834b32b50b1 John Doe <john@doe.com> 1592393061

The desired output should include only the string comprised by the placeholders in the pretty format, like this:

d2d0b50ceac50cc81cf991ce09ab3db134af751d John Doe <john@doe.com> 1592392426
c5e1438a6ef2e6090c3f9dd9df0a5834b32b50b1 John Doe <john@doe.com> 1592393061

I do not know how to get rid of the default lines printed by rev-list.


Solution

  • git rev-list origin/topic-branch ^origin/master |
        while read sha1; do
            git --no-pager show -s --pretty='%H %an <%ae> %at'
        done
    

    The main part of the trick is git show -s which skips commit headers and only print the pretty part.