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1 | git-log(1) |
2 | ========== | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
215a7ad1 | 6 | git-log - Show commit logs |
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7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
b1524ee0 | 11 | 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] |
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12 | |
13 | DESCRIPTION | |
14 | ----------- | |
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15 | Shows the commit logs. |
16 | ||
0b444cdb | 17 | The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list' |
e51c3b50 | 18 | command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to |
0b444cdb | 19 | the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes |
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20 | each commit introduces are shown. |
21 | ||
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22 | |
23 | OPTIONS | |
24 | ------- | |
5d1faf87 | 25 | |
adb7ba6b | 26 | -<n>:: |
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27 | Limits the number of commits to show. |
28 | ||
29 | <since>..<until>:: | |
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30 | Show only commits between the named two commits. When |
31 | either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to | |
32 | `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. | |
41a5564e | 33 | For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> |
9d83e382 | 34 | and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. |
3f971fc4 | 35 | |
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36 | --follow:: |
37 | Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames | |
38 | (works only for a single file). | |
39 | ||
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40 | --no-decorate:: |
41 | --decorate[=short|full|no]:: | |
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42 | Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is |
43 | specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and | |
44 | 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the | |
45 | full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option | |
46 | is 'short'. | |
56822cc9 | 47 | |
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48 | --source:: |
49 | Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each | |
50 | commit was reached. | |
51 | ||
2e88c266 | 52 | --full-diff:: |
f448e24e | 53 | Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that |
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54 | touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified |
55 | paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch | |
f448e24e | 56 | the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only |
2e88c266 | 57 | commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. |
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58 | + |
59 | Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those | |
60 | produced by --stat etc. | |
2e88c266 | 61 | |
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62 | --log-size:: |
63 | Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended | |
64 | mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to | |
65 | produce a valid value size is set to zero. | |
66 | Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown | |
67 | its size is not included. | |
68 | ||
b1524ee0 | 69 | [\--] <path>...:: |
70 | Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To | |
71 | prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need | |
72 | to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or | |
73 | refnames. | |
e51c3b50 | 74 | |
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75 | Common diff options |
76 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
77 | ||
78 | :git-log: 1 | |
79 | include::diff-options.txt[] | |
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81 | include::rev-list-options.txt[] |
82 | ||
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83 | include::pretty-formats.txt[] |
84 | ||
272bd3cf | 85 | include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] |
331b51d2 | 86 | |
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87 | Examples |
88 | -------- | |
89 | git log --no-merges:: | |
90 | ||
91 | Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges | |
92 | ||
93 | git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: | |
94 | ||
95 | Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file | |
96 | in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories | |
97 | ||
e994004f | 98 | git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: |
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99 | |
100 | Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. | |
101 | The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named | |
102 | 'gitk' | |
103 | ||
170c0438 | 104 | git log --name-status release..test:: |
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105 | |
106 | Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet | |
107 | in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths | |
108 | each commit modifies. | |
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110 | git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: |
111 | ||
112 | Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including | |
113 | those commits that occurred before the file was given its | |
114 | present name. | |
115 | ||
b09fe971 | 116 | git log --branches --not --remotes=origin:: |
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117 | |
118 | Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in | |
0e615b25 | 119 | any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that |
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120 | origin doesn't). |
121 | ||
b09fe971 | 122 | git log master --not --remotes=*/master:: |
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123 | |
124 | Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote | |
125 | repository master branches. | |
126 | ||
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127 | git log -p -m --first-parent:: |
128 | ||
129 | Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the | |
130 | "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged | |
131 | branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges. | |
132 | This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all | |
133 | topic branches when staying on a single integration branch. | |
134 | ||
135 | ||
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136 | Discussion |
137 | ---------- | |
138 | ||
139 | include::i18n.txt[] | |
140 | ||
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141 | Configuration |
142 | ------------- | |
143 | ||
144 | See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1] | |
145 | for settings related to diff generation. | |
146 | ||
147 | format.pretty:: | |
148 | Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.) | |
149 | Defaults to "medium". | |
150 | ||
151 | i18n.logOutputEncoding:: | |
152 | Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.) | |
153 | Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8 | |
154 | otherwise. | |
155 | ||
156 | log.date:: | |
157 | Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the | |
158 | `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write | |
159 | dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. | |
160 | ||
161 | log.showroot:: | |
162 | If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the | |
163 | initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in | |
164 | `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached. | |
165 | The default is `true`. | |
166 | ||
167 | mailmap.file:: | |
168 | See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. | |
169 | ||
170 | notes.displayRef:: | |
171 | Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` | |
172 | or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit | |
173 | messages with the 'log' family of commands. See | |
174 | linkgit:git-notes[1]. | |
175 | + | |
176 | May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified | |
177 | multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, | |
178 | but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. | |
179 | + | |
180 | This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option, | |
181 | overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, | |
182 | and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option. | |
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184 | Author |
185 | ------ | |
186 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
187 | ||
188 | Documentation | |
189 | -------------- | |
190 | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
191 | ||
192 | GIT | |
193 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 194 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |