Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt

   1 git-whatchanged(1)
   2 ==================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git whatchanged' <option>...
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces.  The
  16 command internally invokes 'git-rev-list' piped to
  17 'git-diff-tree', and takes command line options for both of
  18 these commands.
  19
  20 This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
  21
  22
  23 OPTIONS
  24 -------
  25 -p::
  26         Show textual diffs, instead of the git internal diff
  27         output format that is useful only to tell the changed
  28         paths and their nature of changes.
  29
  30 -<n>::
  31         Limit output to <n> commits.
  32
  33 <since>..<until>::
  34         Limit output to between the two named commits (bottom
  35         exclusive, top inclusive).
  36
  37 -r::
  38         Show git internal diff output, but for the whole tree,
  39         not just the top level.
  40
  41 -m::
  42         By default, differences for merge commits are not shown.
  43         With this flag, show differences to that commit from all
  44         of its parents.
  45 +
  46 However, it is not very useful in general, although it
  47 *is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
  48
  49 include::pretty-options.txt[]
  50
  51 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
  52
  53 Examples
  54 --------
  55 git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
  56
  57         Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
  58         any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
  59
  60 git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
  61
  62         Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
  63         The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
  64         'gitk'
  65
  66
  67 Author
  68 ------
  69 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
  70 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  71
  72
  73 Documentation
  74 --------------
  75 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  76
  77 GIT
  78 ---
  79 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite