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GIT-REV-PARSE(1)		  Git Manual		      GIT-REV-PARSE(1)



NAME
       git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters

SYNOPSIS
       git rev-parse [<options>] <args>...


DESCRIPTION
       Many Git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags (i.e. parameters
       that begin with a dash -) and parameters meant for the underlying git
       rev-list command they use internally and flags and parameters for the
       other commands they use downstream of git rev-list. This command is
       used to distinguish between them.

OPTIONS
   Operation Modes
       Each of these options must appear first on the command line.

       --parseopt
	   Use git rev-parse in option parsing mode (see PARSEOPT section
	   below).

       --sq-quote
	   Use git rev-parse in shell quoting mode (see SQ-QUOTE section
	   below). In contrast to the --sq option below, this mode does only
	   quoting. Nothing else is done to command input.

   Options for --parseopt
       --keep-dashdash
	   Only meaningful in --parseopt mode. Tells the option parser to echo
	   out the first -- met instead of skipping it.

       --stop-at-non-option
	   Only meaningful in --parseopt mode. Lets the option parser stop at
	   the first non-option argument. This can be used to parse
	   sub-commands that take options themselves.

       --stuck-long
	   Only meaningful in --parseopt mode. Output the options in their
	   long form if available, and with their arguments stuck.

   Options for Filtering
       --revs-only
	   Do not output flags and parameters not meant for git rev-list
	   command.

       --no-revs
	   Do not output flags and parameters meant for git rev-list command.

       --flags
	   Do not output non-flag parameters.

       --no-flags
	   Do not output flag parameters.

   Options for Output
       --default <arg>
	   If there is no parameter given by the user, use <arg> instead.

       --prefix <arg>
	   Behave as if git rev-parse was invoked from the <arg> subdirectory
	   of the working tree. Any relative filenames are resolved as if they
	   are prefixed by <arg> and will be printed in that form.

	   This can be used to convert arguments to a command run in a
	   subdirectory so that they can still be used after moving to the
	   top-level of the repository. For example:

	       prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)
	       cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
	       # rev-parse provides the -- needed for 'set'
	       eval "set $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" -- "$@")"


       --verify
	   Verify that exactly one parameter is provided, and that it can be
	   turned into a raw 20-byte SHA-1 that can be used to access the
	   object database. If so, emit it to the standard output; otherwise,
	   error out.

	   If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object
	   in your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of
	   object you require, you can add the ^{type} peeling operator to the
	   parameter. For example, git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}" will make
	   sure $VAR names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a
	   commit, or an annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure
	   that $VAR names an existing object of any type, git rev-parse
	   "$VAR^{object}" can be used.

	   Note that if you are verifying a name from an untrusted source, it
	   is wise to use --end-of-options so that the name argument is not
	   mistaken for another option.

       -q, --quiet
	   Only meaningful in --verify mode. Do not output an error message if
	   the first argument is not a valid object name; instead exit with
	   non-zero status silently. SHA-1s for valid object names are printed
	   to stdout on success.

       --sq
	   Usually the output is made one line per flag and parameter. This
	   option makes output a single line, properly quoted for consumption
	   by shell. Useful when you expect your parameter to contain
	   whitespaces and newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe -S with git
	   diff-*). In contrast to the --sq-quote option, the command input is
	   still interpreted as usual.

       --short[=length]
	   Same as --verify but shortens the object name to a unique prefix
	   with at least length characters. The minimum length is 4, the
	   default is the effective value of the core.abbrev configuration
	   variable (see git-config(1)).

       --not
	   When showing object names, prefix them with ^ and strip ^ prefix
	   from the object names that already have one.

       --abbrev-ref[=(strict|loose)]
	   A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name. The option
	   core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict abbreviation
	   mode.

       --symbolic
	   Usually the object names are output in SHA-1 form (with possible ^
	   prefix); this option makes them output in a form as close to the
	   original input as possible.

       --symbolic-full-name
	   This is similar to --symbolic, but it omits input that are not refs
	   (i.e. branch or tag names; or more explicitly disambiguating
	   "heads/master" form, when you want to name the "master" branch when
	   there is an unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as
	   full refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").

   Options for Objects
       --all
	   Show all refs found in refs/.

       --branches[=pattern], --tags[=pattern], --remotes[=pattern]
	   Show all branches, tags, or remote-tracking branches, respectively
	   (i.e., refs found in refs/heads, refs/tags, or refs/remotes,
	   respectively).

	   If a pattern is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
	   shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (?, *,
	   or [), it is turned into a prefix match by appending /*.

       --glob=pattern
	   Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern pattern. If the
	   pattern does not start with refs/, this is automatically prepended.
	   If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (?, *, or [),
	   it is turned into a prefix match by appending /*.

       --exclude=<glob-pattern>
	   Do not include refs matching <glob-pattern> that the next --all,
	   --branches, --tags, --remotes, or --glob would otherwise consider.
	   Repetitions of this option accumulate exclusion patterns up to the
	   next --all, --branches, --tags, --remotes, or --glob option (other
	   options or arguments do not clear accumulated patterns).

	   The patterns given should not begin with refs/heads, refs/tags, or
	   refs/remotes when applied to --branches, --tags, or --remotes,
	   respectively, and they must begin with refs/ when applied to --glob
	   or --all. If a trailing /* is intended, it must be given
	   explicitly.

       --disambiguate=<prefix>
	   Show every object whose name begins with the given prefix. The
	   <prefix> must be at least 4 hexadecimal digits long to avoid
	   listing each and every object in the repository by mistake.

   Options for Files
       --local-env-vars
	   List the GIT_* environment variables that are local to the
	   repository (e.g. GIT_DIR or GIT_WORK_TREE, but not GIT_EDITOR).
	   Only the names of the variables are listed, not their value, even
	   if they are set.

       --path-format=(absolute|relative)
	   Controls the behavior of certain other options. If specified as
	   absolute, the paths printed by those options will be absolute and
	   canonical. If specified as relative, the paths will be relative to
	   the current working directory if that is possible. The default is
	   option specific.

	   This option may be specified multiple times and affects only the
	   arguments that follow it on the command line, either to the end of
	   the command line or the next instance of this option.

       The following options are modified by --path-format:

       --git-dir
	   Show $GIT_DIR if defined. Otherwise show the path to the .git
	   directory. The path shown, when relative, is relative to the
	   current working directory.

	   If $GIT_DIR is not defined and the current directory is not
	   detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree print a message to
	   stderr and exit with nonzero status.

       --git-common-dir
	   Show $GIT_COMMON_DIR if defined, else $GIT_DIR.

       --resolve-git-dir <path>
	   Check if <path> is a valid repository or a gitfile that points at a
	   valid repository, and print the location of the repository. If
	   <path> is a gitfile then the resolved path to the real repository
	   is printed.

       --git-path <path>
	   Resolve "$GIT_DIR/<path>" and takes other path relocation variables
	   such as $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY, $GIT_INDEX_FILE... into account. For
	   example, if $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY is set to /foo/bar then "git
	   rev-parse --git-path objects/abc" returns /foo/bar/abc.

       --show-toplevel
	   Show the (by default, absolute) path of the top-level directory of
	   the working tree. If there is no working tree, report an error.

       --show-superproject-working-tree
	   Show the absolute path of the root of the superproject's working
	   tree (if exists) that uses the current repository as its submodule.
	   Outputs nothing if the current repository is not used as a
	   submodule by any project.

       --shared-index-path
	   Show the path to the shared index file in split index mode, or
	   empty if not in split-index mode.

       The following options are unaffected by --path-format:

       --absolute-git-dir
	   Like --git-dir, but its output is always the canonicalized absolute
	   path.

       --is-inside-git-dir
	   When the current working directory is below the repository
	   directory print "true", otherwise "false".

       --is-inside-work-tree
	   When the current working directory is inside the work tree of the
	   repository print "true", otherwise "false".

       --is-bare-repository
	   When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false".

       --is-shallow-repository
	   When the repository is shallow print "true", otherwise "false".

       --show-cdup
	   When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the path of
	   the top-level directory relative to the current directory
	   (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).

       --show-prefix
	   When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the path of
	   the current directory relative to the top-level directory.

       --show-object-format[=(storage|input|output)]
	   Show the object format (hash algorithm) used for the repository for
	   storage inside the .git directory, input, or output. For input,
	   multiple algorithms may be printed, space-separated. If not
	   specified, the default is "storage".

   Other Options
       --since=datestring, --after=datestring
	   Parse the date string, and output the corresponding --max-age=
	   parameter for git rev-list.

       --until=datestring, --before=datestring
	   Parse the date string, and output the corresponding --min-age=
	   parameter for git rev-list.

       <args>...
	   Flags and parameters to be parsed.

SPECIFYING REVISIONS
       A revision parameter <rev> typically, but not necessarily, names a
       commit object. It uses what is called an extended SHA-1 syntax. Here
       are various ways to spell object names. The ones listed near the end of
       this list name trees and blobs contained in a commit.

	   Note
	   This document shows the "raw" syntax as seen by git. The shell and
	   other UIs might require additional quoting to protect special
	   characters and to avoid word splitting.

       <sha1>, e.g. dae86e1950b1277e545cee180551750029cfe735, dae86e
	   The full SHA-1 object name (40-byte hexadecimal string), or a
	   leading substring that is unique within the repository. E.g.
	   dae86e1950b1277e545cee180551750029cfe735 and dae86e both name the
	   same commit object if there is no other object in your repository
	   whose object name starts with dae86e.

       <describeOutput>, e.g. v1.7.4.2-679-g3bee7fb
	   Output from git describe; i.e. a closest tag, optionally followed
	   by a dash and a number of commits, followed by a dash, a g, and an
	   abbreviated object name.

       <refname>, e.g. master, heads/master, refs/heads/master
	   A symbolic ref name. E.g.  master typically means the commit object
	   referenced by refs/heads/master. If you happen to have both
	   heads/master and tags/master, you can explicitly say heads/master
	   to tell Git which one you mean. When ambiguous, a <refname> is
	   disambiguated by taking the first match in the following rules:

	    1. If $GIT_DIR/<refname> exists, that is what you mean (this is
	       usually useful only for HEAD, FETCH_HEAD, ORIG_HEAD, MERGE_HEAD
	       and CHERRY_PICK_HEAD);

	    2. otherwise, refs/<refname> if it exists;

	    3. otherwise, refs/tags/<refname> if it exists;

	    4. otherwise, refs/heads/<refname> if it exists;

	    5. otherwise, refs/remotes/<refname> if it exists;

	    6. otherwise, refs/remotes/<refname>/HEAD if it exists.

	       HEAD names the commit on which you based the changes in the
	       working tree.  FETCH_HEAD records the branch which you fetched
	       from a remote repository with your last git fetch invocation.
	       ORIG_HEAD is created by commands that move your HEAD in a
	       drastic way, to record the position of the HEAD before their
	       operation, so that you can easily change the tip of the branch
	       back to the state before you ran them.  MERGE_HEAD records the
	       commit(s) which you are merging into your branch when you run
	       git merge.  CHERRY_PICK_HEAD records the commit which you are
	       cherry-picking when you run git cherry-pick.

	       Note that any of the refs/* cases above may come either from
	       the $GIT_DIR/refs directory or from the $GIT_DIR/packed-refs
	       file. While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is
	       preferred as some output processing may assume ref names in
	       UTF-8.

       @
	   @ alone is a shortcut for HEAD.

       [<refname>]@{<date>}, e.g. master@{yesterday}, HEAD@{5 minutes ago}
	   A ref followed by the suffix @ with a date specification enclosed
	   in a brace pair (e.g.  {yesterday}, {1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour
	   1 second ago} or {1979-02-26 18:30:00}) specifies the value of the
	   ref at a prior point in time. This suffix may only be used
	   immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an existing
	   log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state of
	   your local ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local master
	   branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during
	   certain times, see --since and --until.

       <refname>@{<n>}, e.g. master@{1}
	   A ref followed by the suffix @ with an ordinal specification
	   enclosed in a brace pair (e.g.  {1}, {15}) specifies the n-th prior
	   value of that ref. For example master@{1} is the immediate prior
	   value of master while master@{5} is the 5th prior value of master.
	   This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name and
	   the ref must have an existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<refname>).

       @{<n>}, e.g. @{1}
	   You can use the @ construct with an empty ref part to get at a
	   reflog entry of the current branch. For example, if you are on
	   branch blabla then @{1} means the same as blabla@{1}.

       @{-<n>}, e.g. @{-1}
	   The construct @{-<n>} means the <n>th branch/commit checked out
	   before the current one.

       [<branchname>]@{upstream}, e.g. master@{upstream}, @{u}
	   A branch B may be set up to build on top of a branch X (configured
	   with branch.<name>.merge) at a remote R (configured with the branch
	   X taken from remote R, typically found at refs/remotes/R/X.

       [<branchname>]@{push}, e.g. master@{push}, @{push}
	   The suffix @{push} reports the branch "where we would push to" if
	   git push were run while branchname was checked out (or the current
	   HEAD if no branchname is specified). Like for @{upstream}, we
	   report the remote-tracking branch that corresponds to that branch
	   at the remote.

	   Here's an example to make it more clear:

	       $ git config push.default current
	       $ git config remote.pushdefault myfork
	       $ git switch -c mybranch origin/master

	       $ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{upstream}
	       refs/remotes/origin/master

	       $ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{push}
	       refs/remotes/myfork/mybranch

	   Note in the example that we set up a triangular workflow, where we
	   pull from one location and push to another. In a non-triangular
	   workflow, @{push} is the same as @{upstream}, and there is no need
	   for it.

	   This suffix is also accepted when spelled in uppercase, and means
	   the same thing no matter the case.

       <rev>^[<n>], e.g. HEAD^, v1.5.1^0
	   A suffix ^ to a revision parameter means the first parent of that
	   commit object.  ^<n> means the <n>th parent (i.e.  <rev>^ is
	   equivalent to <rev>^1). As a special rule, <rev>^0 means the commit
	   itself and is used when <rev> is the object name of a tag object
	   that refers to a commit object.

       <rev>~[<n>], e.g. HEAD~, master~3
	   A suffix ~ to a revision parameter means the first parent of that
	   commit object. A suffix ~<n> to a revision parameter means the
	   commit object that is the <n>th generation ancestor of the named
	   commit object, following only the first parents. I.e.  <rev>~3 is
	   equivalent to <rev>^^^ which is equivalent to <rev>^1^1^1. See
	   below for an illustration of the usage of this form.

       <rev>^{<type>}, e.g. v0.99.8^{commit}
	   A suffix ^ followed by an object type name enclosed in brace pair
	   means dereference the object at <rev> recursively until an object
	   of type <type> is found or the object cannot be dereferenced
	   anymore (in which case, barf). For example, if <rev> is a
	   commit-ish, <rev>^{commit} describes the corresponding commit
	   object. Similarly, if <rev> is a tree-ish, <rev>^{tree} describes
	   the corresponding tree object.  <rev>^0 is a short-hand for
	   <rev>^{commit}.

	   <rev>^{object} can be used to make sure <rev> names an object that
	   exists, without requiring <rev> to be a tag, and without
	   dereferencing <rev>; because a tag is already an object, it does
	   not have to be dereferenced even once to get to an object.

	   <rev>^{tag} can be used to ensure that <rev> identifies an existing
	   tag object.

       <rev>^{}, e.g. v0.99.8^{}
	   A suffix ^ followed by an empty brace pair means the object could
	   be a tag, and dereference the tag recursively until a non-tag
	   object is found.

       <rev>^{/<text>}, e.g. HEAD^{/fix nasty bug}
	   A suffix ^ to a revision parameter, followed by a brace pair that
	   contains a text led by a slash, is the same as the :/fix nasty bug
	   syntax below except that it returns the youngest matching commit
	   which is reachable from the <rev> before ^.

       :/<text>, e.g. :/fix nasty bug
	   A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text, names a commit
	   whose commit message matches the specified regular expression. This
	   name returns the youngest matching commit which is reachable from
	   any ref, including HEAD. The regular expression can match any part
	   of the commit message. To match messages starting with a string,
	   one can use e.g.  :/^foo. The special sequence :/!  is reserved for
	   modifiers to what is matched.  :/!-foo performs a negative match,
	   while :/!!foo matches a literal !  character, followed by foo. Any
	   other sequence beginning with :/!  is reserved for now. Depending
	   on the given text, the shell's word splitting rules might require
	   additional quoting.

       <rev>:<path>, e.g. HEAD:README, master:./README
	   A suffix : followed by a path names the blob or tree at the given
	   path in the tree-ish object named by the part before the colon. A
	   path starting with ./ or ../ is relative to the current working
	   directory. The given path will be converted to be relative to the
	   working tree's root directory. This is most useful to address a
	   blob or tree from a commit or tree that has the same tree structure
	   as the working tree.

       :[<n>:]<path>, e.g. :0:README, :README
	   A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
	   colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the index at the
	   given path. A missing stage number (and the colon that follows it)
	   names a stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage 1 is the common
	   ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version (typically the
	   current branch), and stage 3 is the version from the branch which
	   is being merged.

       Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both commit nodes B and C are
       parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered left-to-right.

	   G   H   I   J
	    \ /	    \ /
	     D	 E   F
	      \	 |  / \
	       \ | /   |
		\|/    |
		 B     C
		  \   /
		   \ /
		    A

	   A =	    = A^0
	   B = A^   = A^1     = A~1
	   C =	    = A^2
	   D = A^^  = A^1^1   = A~2
	   E = B^2  = A^^2
	   F = B^3  = A^^3
	   G = A^^^ = A^1^1^1 = A~3
	   H = D^2  = B^^2    = A^^^2  = A~2^2
	   I = F^   = B^3^    = A^^3^
	   J = F^2  = B^3^2   = A^^3^2

SPECIFYING RANGES
       History traversing commands such as git log operate on a set of
       commits, not just a single commit.

       For these commands, specifying a single revision, using the notation
       described in the previous section, means the set of commits reachable
       from the given commit.

       Specifying several revisions means the set of commits reachable from
       any of the given commits.

       A commit's reachable set is the commit itself and the commits in its
       ancestry chain.

       There are several notations to specify a set of connected commits
       (called a "revision range"), illustrated below.

   Commit Exclusions
       ^<rev> (caret) Notation
	   To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix ^ notation is
	   used. E.g.  ^r1 r2 means commits reachable from r2 but exclude the
	   ones reachable from r1 (i.e.	 r1 and its ancestors).

   Dotted Range Notations
       The .. (two-dot) Range Notation
	   The ^r1 r2 set operation appears so often that there is a shorthand
	   for it. When you have two commits r1 and r2 (named according to the
	   syntax explained in SPECIFYING REVISIONS above), you can ask for
	   commits that are reachable from r2 excluding those that are
	   reachable from r1 by ^r1 r2 and it can be written as r1..r2.

       The ... (three-dot) Symmetric Difference Notation
	   A similar notation r1...r2 is called symmetric difference of r1 and
	   r2 and is defined as r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2). It
	   is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of r1
	   (left side) or r2 (right side) but not from both.

       In these two shorthand notations, you can omit one end and let it
       default to HEAD. For example, origin.. is a shorthand for origin..HEAD
       and asks "What did I do since I forked from the origin branch?"
       Similarly, ..origin is a shorthand for HEAD..origin and asks "What did
       the origin do since I forked from them?" Note that .. would mean
       HEAD..HEAD which is an empty range that is both reachable and
       unreachable from HEAD.

       Commands that are specifically designed to take two distinct ranges
       (e.g. "git range-diff R1 R2" to compare two ranges) do exist, but they
       are exceptions. Unless otherwise noted, all "git" commands that operate
       on a set of commits work on a single revision range. In other words,
       writing two "two-dot range notation" next to each other, e.g.

	   $ git log A..B C..D

       does not specify two revision ranges for most commands. Instead it will
       name a single connected set of commits, i.e. those that are reachable
       from either B or D but are reachable from neither A or C. In a linear
       history like this:

	   ---A---B---o---o---C---D

       because A and B are reachable from C, the revision range specified by
       these two dotted ranges is a single commit D.

   Other <rev>^ Parent Shorthand Notations
       Three other shorthands exist, particularly useful for merge commits,
       for naming a set that is formed by a commit and its parent commits.

       The r1^@ notation means all parents of r1.

       The r1^! notation includes commit r1 but excludes all of its parents.
       By itself, this notation denotes the single commit r1.

       The <rev>^-[<n>] notation includes <rev> but excludes the <n>th parent
       (i.e. a shorthand for <rev>^<n>..<rev>), with <n> = 1 if not given.
       This is typically useful for merge commits where you can just pass
       <commit>^- to get all the commits in the branch that was merged in
       merge commit <commit> (including <commit> itself).

       While <rev>^<n> was about specifying a single commit parent, these
       three notations also consider its parents. For example you can say
       HEAD^2^@, however you cannot say HEAD^@^2.

REVISION RANGE SUMMARY
       <rev>
	   Include commits that are reachable from <rev> (i.e. <rev> and its
	   ancestors).

       ^<rev>
	   Exclude commits that are reachable from <rev> (i.e. <rev> and its
	   ancestors).

       <rev1>..<rev2>
	   Include commits that are reachable from <rev2> but exclude those
	   that are reachable from <rev1>. When either <rev1> or <rev2> is
	   omitted, it defaults to HEAD.

       <rev1>...<rev2>
	   Include commits that are reachable from either <rev1> or <rev2> but
	   exclude those that are reachable from both. When either <rev1> or
	   <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to HEAD.

       <rev>^@, e.g. HEAD^@
	   A suffix ^ followed by an at sign is the same as listing all
	   parents of <rev> (meaning, include anything reachable from its
	   parents, but not the commit itself).

       <rev>^!, e.g. HEAD^!
	   A suffix ^ followed by an exclamation mark is the same as giving
	   commit <rev> and then all its parents prefixed with ^ to exclude
	   them (and their ancestors).

       <rev>^-<n>, e.g. HEAD^-, HEAD^-2
	   Equivalent to <rev>^<n>..<rev>, with <n> = 1 if not given.

       Here are a handful of examples using the Loeliger illustration above,
       with each step in the notation's expansion and selection carefully
       spelt out:

	      Args   Expanded arguments	   Selected commits
	      D				   G H D
	      D F			   G H I J D F
	      ^G D			   H D
	      ^D B			   E I J F B
	      ^D B C			   E I J F B C
	      C				   I J F C
	      B..C   = ^B C		   C
	      B...C  = B ^F C		   G H D E B C
	      B^-    = B^..B
		     = ^B^1 B		   E I J F B
	      C^@    = C^1
		     = F		   I J F
	      B^@    = B^1 B^2 B^3
		     = D E F		   D G H E F I J
	      C^!    = C ^C^@
		     = C ^C^1
		     = C ^F		   C
	      B^!    = B ^B^@
		     = B ^B^1 ^B^2 ^B^3
		     = B ^D ^E ^F	   B
	      F^! D  = F ^I ^J D	   G H D F

PARSEOPT
       In --parseopt mode, git rev-parse helps massaging options to bring to
       shell scripts the same facilities C builtins have. It works as an
       option normalizer (e.g. splits single switches aggregate values), a bit
       like getopt(1) does.

       It takes on the standard input the specification of the options to
       parse and understand, and echoes on the standard output a string
       suitable for sh(1) eval to replace the arguments with normalized ones.
       In case of error, it outputs usage on the standard error stream, and
       exits with code 129.

       Note: Make sure you quote the result when passing it to eval. See below
       for an example.

   Input Format
       git rev-parse --parseopt input format is fully text based. It has two
       parts, separated by a line that contains only --. The lines before the
       separator (should be one or more) are used for the usage. The lines
       after the separator describe the options.

       Each line of options has this format:

	   <opt-spec><flags>*<arg-hint>? SP+ help LF



       <opt-spec>
	   its format is the short option character, then the long option name
	   separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least
	   one is necessary. May not contain any of the <flags> characters.
	   h,help, dry-run and f are examples of correct <opt-spec>.

       <flags>
	   <flags> are of *, =, ?  or !.

	   o   Use = if the option takes an argument.

	   o   Use ?  to mean that the option takes an optional argument. You
	       probably want to use the --stuck-long mode to be able to
	       unambiguously parse the optional argument.

	   o   Use * to mean that this option should not be listed in the
	       usage generated for the -h argument. It's shown for --help-all
	       as documented in gitcli(7).

	   o   Use !  to not make the corresponding negated long option
	       available.

       <arg-hint>
	   <arg-hint>, if specified, is used as a name of the argument in the
	   help output, for options that take arguments.  <arg-hint> is
	   terminated by the first whitespace. It is customary to use a dash
	   to separate words in a multi-word argument hint.

       The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used as the
       help associated to the option.

       Blank lines are ignored, and lines that don't match this specification
       are used as option group headers (start the line with a space to create
       such lines on purpose).

   Example
	   OPTS_SPEC="\
	   some-command [<options>] <args>...

	   some-command does foo and bar!
	   --
	   h,help    show the help

	   foo	     some nifty option --foo
	   bar=	     some cool option --bar with an argument
	   baz=arg   another cool option --baz with a named argument
	   qux?path  qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself

	     An option group Header
	   C?	     option C with an optional argument"

	   eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)"


   Usage text
       When "$@" is -h or --help in the above example, the following usage
       text would be shown:

	   usage: some-command [<options>] <args>...

	       some-command does foo and bar!

	       -h, --help	     show the help
	       --foo		     some nifty option --foo
	       --bar ...	     some cool option --bar with an argument
	       --baz <arg>	     another cool option --baz with a named argument
	       --qux[=<path>]	     qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself

	   An option group Header
	       -C[...]		     option C with an optional argument


SQ-QUOTE
       In --sq-quote mode, git rev-parse echoes on the standard output a
       single line suitable for sh(1) eval. This line is made by normalizing
       the arguments following --sq-quote. Nothing other than quoting the
       arguments is done.

       If you want command input to still be interpreted as usual by git
       rev-parse before the output is shell quoted, see the --sq option.

   Example
	   $ cat >your-git-script.sh <<\EOF
	   #!/bin/sh
	   args=$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@")   # quote user-supplied arguments
	   command="git frotz -n24 $args"	   # and use it inside a handcrafted
						   # command line
	   eval "$command"
	   EOF

	   $ sh your-git-script.sh "a b'c"


EXAMPLES
       o   Print the object name of the current commit:

	       $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD


       o   Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell
	   variable:

	       $ git rev-parse --verify --end-of-options $REV^{commit}

	   This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision.

       o   Similar to above:

	       $ git rev-parse --default master --verify --end-of-options $REV

	   but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be
	   printed.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



Git 2.38.4			  05/16/2024		      GIT-REV-PARSE(1)