Documentation/git-log.txt

   1 git-log(1)
   2 ==========
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-log - Show commit logs
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-log' <option>...
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 Shows the commit logs.
  16
  17 The command takes options applicable to the gitlink:git-rev-list[1]
  18 command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
  19 the gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] commands to control how the changes
  20 each commit introduces are shown.
  21
  22 This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
  23
  24
  25 OPTIONS
  26 -------
  27
  28 include::pretty-options.txt[]
  29
  30 -<n>::
  31         Limits the number of commits to show.
  32
  33 <since>..<until>::
  34         Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
  35         either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
  36         `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
  37         For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
  38         and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
  39         gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
  40
  41 --first-parent::
  42         Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
  43         commit.  This  option gives a better overview of the
  44         evolution of a particular branch.
  45
  46 -p::
  47         Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form.
  48
  49 -g, \--walk-reflogs::
  50         Show commits as they were recorded in the reflog. The log contains
  51         a record about how the tip of a reference was changed.
  52         See also gitlink:git-reflog[1].
  53
  54 --decorate::
  55         Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
  56
  57 --full-diff::
  58         Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that
  59         touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
  60         paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
  61         the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only
  62         commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
  63
  64 --follow::
  65         Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
  66
  67 <paths>...::
  68         Show only commits that affect the specified paths.
  69
  70
  71 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
  72
  73
  74 Examples
  75 --------
  76 git log --no-merges::
  77
  78         Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
  79
  80 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
  81
  82         Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
  83         in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
  84
  85 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
  86
  87         Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
  88         The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
  89         'gitk'
  90
  91 git log -r --name-status release..test::
  92
  93         Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
  94         in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
  95         each commit modifies.
  96
  97 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
  98
  99         Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
 100         those commits that occurred before the file was given its
 101         present name.
 102
 103 Discussion
 104 ----------
 105
 106 include::i18n.txt[]
 107
 108
 109 Author
 110 ------
 111 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 112
 113 Documentation
 114 --------------
 115 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 116
 117 GIT
 118 ---
 119 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite