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 --no-decorate::
  41 --decorate[=short|full|no]::
  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'.
  47
  48 --source::
  49         Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
  50         commit was reached.
  51
  52 --full-diff::
  53         Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
  54         touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
  55         paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
  56         the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
  57         commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
  58
  59 --follow::
  60         Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies.
  61
  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
  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.
  74
  75
  76 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
  77
  78 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
  79
  80 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
  81
  82 Examples
  83 --------
  84 git log --no-merges::
  85
  86         Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
  87
  88 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
  89
  90         Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
  91         in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
  92
  93 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
  94
  95         Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
  96         The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
  97         'gitk'
  98
  99 git log --name-status release..test::
 100
 101         Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
 102         in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
 103         each commit modifies.
 104
 105 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 106
 107         Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
 108         those commits that occurred before the file was given its
 109         present name.
 110
 111 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 112
 113         Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
 114         any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 115         origin doesn't).
 116
 117 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
 118
 119         Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
 120         repository master branches.
 121
 122 git log -p -m --first-parent::
 123
 124         Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
 125         "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
 126         branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
 127         This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
 128         topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
 129
 130
 131 Discussion
 132 ----------
 133
 134 include::i18n.txt[]
 135
 136 Configuration
 137 -------------
 138
 139 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
 140 for settings related to diff generation.
 141
 142 format.pretty::
 143         Default for the `--format` option.  (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
 144         Defaults to "medium".
 145
 146 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
 147         Encoding to use when displaying logs.  (See "Discussion", above.)
 148         Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
 149         otherwise.
 150
 151 log.date::
 152         Default format for human-readable dates.  (Compare the
 153         `--date` option.)  Defaults to "default", which means to write
 154         dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
 155
 156 log.showroot::
 157         If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
 158         initial commit as a big creation event.  Any root commits in
 159         `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
 160         The default is `true`.
 161
 162 mailmap.file::
 163         See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
 164
 165 notes.displayRef::
 166         Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
 167         or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
 168         messages with the 'log' family of commands.  See
 169         linkgit:git-notes[1].
 170 +
 171 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
 172 multiple times.  A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
 173 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
 174 +
 175 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
 176 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
 177 and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
 178
 179 Author
 180 ------
 181 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 182
 183 Documentation
 184 --------------
 185 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 186
 187 GIT
 188 ---
 189 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite