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| author | Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> | 2025-12-15 14:05:12 -0600 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-12-16 10:11:41 +0900 |
| commit | 6d8dc99478adeefc1a74f3b4db9336decadddc48 (patch) | |
| tree | 23de5d9a266ace54664732eb53f72200129174c5 | |
| parent | 9a2fb147f2c61d0cab52c883e7e26f5b7948e3ed (diff) | |
| download | git-6d8dc99478adeefc1a74f3b4db9336decadddc48.tar.xz | |
docs: clarify git-rev-list(1) --filter behavior
When using the --filter option for git-rev-list(1), objects that are
explicitly provided ignore filters and are always printed unless the
--filter-provided-objects option is also specified. Clarify this
behavior in the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc index d9665d82c8..453ec59057 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc @@ -983,7 +983,9 @@ to name units in KiB, MiB, or GiB. For example, `blob:limit=1k` is the same as 'blob:limit=1024'. + The form `--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)` omits all objects -which are not of the requested type. +which are not of the requested type. Note that explicitly provided objects +ignore filters and are always printed unless `--filter-provided-objects` is +also specified. + The form `--filter=sparse:oid=<blob-ish>` uses a sparse-checkout specification contained in the blob (or blob-expression) _<blob-ish>_ |