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' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 Shows the commit logs.
  16
  17 The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
  18 command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
  19 the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
  20 each commit introduces are shown.
  21
  22
  23 OPTIONS
  24 -------
  25
  26 :git-log: 1
  27 include::diff-options.txt[]
  28
  29 -<n>::
  30         Limits the number of commits to show.
  31
  32 <since>..<until>::
  33         Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
  34         either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
  35         `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
  36         For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
  37         and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
  38         linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
  39
  40 --decorate[=short|full]::
  41         Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
  42         specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
  43         'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
  44         full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
  45         is 'short'.
  46
  47 --source::
  48         Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
  49         commit was reached.
  50
  51 --full-diff::
  52         Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
  53         touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
  54         paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
  55         the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
  56         commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
  57
  58 --follow::
  59         Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
  60
  61 --log-size::
  62         Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
  63         mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
  64         produce a valid value size is set to zero.
  65         Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
  66         its size is not included.
  67
  68 [\--] <path>...::
  69         Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
  70         prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
  71         to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
  72         refnames.
  73
  74
  75 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
  76
  77 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
  78
  79 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
  80
  81 Examples
  82 --------
  83 git log --no-merges::
  84
  85         Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
  86
  87 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
  88
  89         Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
  90         in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
  91
  92 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
  93
  94         Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
  95         The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
  96         'gitk'
  97
  98 git log --name-status release..test::
  99
 100         Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
 101         in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
 102         each commit modifies.
 103
 104 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 105
 106         Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
 107         those commits that occurred before the file was given its
 108         present name.
 109
 110 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 111
 112         Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
 113         any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 114         origin doesn't).
 115
 116 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
 117
 118         Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
 119         repository master branches.
 120
 121 Discussion
 122 ----------
 123
 124 include::i18n.txt[]
 125
 126
 127 Author
 128 ------
 129 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 130
 131 Documentation
 132 --------------
 133 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 134
 135 GIT
 136 ---
 137 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite