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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 | -------- | |
7791a1d9 | 11 | [verse] |
933c758c | 12 | 'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...] |
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13 | |
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
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16 | Shows the commit logs. |
17 | ||
b20cc13e | 18 | The command takes options applicable to the `git rev-list` |
e51c3b50 | 19 | command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to |
b20cc13e | 20 | the `git diff-*` commands to control how the changes |
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21 | each commit introduces are shown. |
22 | ||
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23 | |
24 | OPTIONS | |
25 | ------- | |
5d1faf87 | 26 | |
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27 | --follow:: |
28 | Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames | |
29 | (works only for a single file). | |
30 | ||
8a3d203b | 31 | --no-decorate:: |
462cbb41 | 32 | --decorate[=short|full|auto|no]:: |
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33 | Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is |
34 | specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and | |
35 | 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the | |
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36 | full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is |
37 | specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names | |
38 | are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are | |
39 | shown. The default option is 'short'. | |
56822cc9 | 40 | |
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41 | --decorate-refs=<pattern>:: |
42 | --decorate-refs-exclude=<pattern>:: | |
43 | If no `--decorate-refs` is given, pretend as if all refs were | |
44 | included. For each candidate, do not use it for decoration if it | |
45 | matches any patterns given to `--decorate-refs-exclude` or if it | |
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46 | doesn't match any of the patterns given to `--decorate-refs`. The |
47 | `log.excludeDecoration` config option allows excluding refs from | |
48 | the decorations, but an explicit `--decorate-refs` pattern will | |
49 | override a match in `log.excludeDecoration`. | |
65516f58 | 50 | |
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51 | --source:: |
52 | Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each | |
53 | commit was reached. | |
54 | ||
88acccda | 55 | --[no-]mailmap:: |
2d9c5690 | 56 | --[no-]use-mailmap:: |
ea57bc0d | 57 | Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email |
b20cc13e | 58 | addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See |
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59 | linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. |
60 | ||
2e88c266 | 61 | --full-diff:: |
b20cc13e | 62 | Without this flag, `git log -p <path>...` shows commits that |
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63 | touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified |
64 | paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch | |
f448e24e | 65 | the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only |
2e88c266 | 66 | commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. |
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67 | + |
68 | Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those | |
b20cc13e | 69 | produced by `--stat`, etc. |
2e88c266 | 70 | |
9fa3465d | 71 | --log-size:: |
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72 | Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit, |
73 | where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes. | |
74 | Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log` | |
75 | output by allowing them to allocate space in advance. | |
9fa3465d | 76 | |
1e159833 | 77 | -L <start>,<end>:<file>:: |
d349e0ee | 78 | -L :<funcname>:<file>:: |
12da1d1f | 79 | Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>" |
d349e0ee | 80 | (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may |
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81 | not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to |
82 | a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only | |
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83 | give zero or one positive revision arguments, and |
84 | <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision. | |
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85 | You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`. |
86 | Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats | |
87 | (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`, | |
88 | `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented. | |
0f483436 | 89 | + |
12da1d1f | 90 | include::line-range-format.txt[] |
12da1d1f | 91 | |
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92 | <revision range>:: |
93 | Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no | |
94 | <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the | |
95 | whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` | |
96 | specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit | |
97 | (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of | |
b20cc13e | 98 | ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' |
21a40b90 | 99 | section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. |
a682187e | 100 | |
933c758c | 101 | [--] <path>...:: |
b15b5b10 | 102 | Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files |
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103 | that match the specified paths came to be. See 'History |
104 | Simplification' below for details and other simplification | |
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105 | modes. |
106 | + | |
6955047f | 107 | Paths may need to be prefixed with `--` to separate them from |
00200e9e | 108 | options or the revision range, when confusion arises. |
e51c3b50 | 109 | |
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110 | include::rev-list-options.txt[] |
111 | ||
112 | include::pretty-formats.txt[] | |
113 | ||
4ba258b7 | 114 | COMMON DIFF OPTIONS |
f98fd436 | 115 | ------------------- |
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116 | |
117 | :git-log: 1 | |
118 | include::diff-options.txt[] | |
331b51d2 | 119 | |
272bd3cf | 120 | include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] |
331b51d2 | 121 | |
4ba258b7 | 122 | EXAMPLES |
bd663611 | 123 | -------- |
5d2fc913 | 124 | `git log --no-merges`:: |
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125 | |
126 | Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges | |
127 | ||
5d2fc913 | 128 | `git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`:: |
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129 | |
130 | Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file | |
b20cc13e | 131 | in the `include/scsi` or `drivers/scsi` subdirectories |
bd663611 | 132 | |
6cf378f0 | 133 | `git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`:: |
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134 | |
135 | Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. | |
6955047f | 136 | The `--` is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named |
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137 | 'gitk' |
138 | ||
5d2fc913 | 139 | `git log --name-status release..test`:: |
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140 | |
141 | Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet | |
142 | in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths | |
143 | each commit modifies. | |
bd663611 | 144 | |
09b7e220 | 145 | `git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`:: |
4f50f6a9 | 146 | |
b20cc13e | 147 | Shows the commits that changed `builtin/rev-list.c`, including |
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148 | those commits that occurred before the file was given its |
149 | present name. | |
150 | ||
5d2fc913 | 151 | `git log --branches --not --remotes=origin`:: |
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152 | |
153 | Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in | |
0e615b25 | 154 | any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that |
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155 | origin doesn't). |
156 | ||
5d2fc913 | 157 | `git log master --not --remotes=*/master`:: |
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158 | |
159 | Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote | |
160 | repository master branches. | |
161 | ||
5d2fc913 | 162 | `git log -p -m --first-parent`:: |
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163 | |
164 | Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the | |
b20cc13e | 165 | ``main branch'' perspective, skipping commits that come from merged |
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166 | branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges. |
167 | This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all | |
168 | topic branches when staying on a single integration branch. | |
169 | ||
001b0976 | 170 | `git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`:: |
12da1d1f | 171 | |
b20cc13e | 172 | Shows how the function `main()` in the file `main.c` evolved |
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173 | over time. |
174 | ||
70c2a258 | 175 | `git log -3`:: |
b20cc13e | 176 | |
70c2a258 | 177 | Limits the number of commits to show to 3. |
88d9d45d | 178 | |
4ba258b7 | 179 | DISCUSSION |
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180 | ---------- |
181 | ||
182 | include::i18n.txt[] | |
183 | ||
4ba258b7 | 184 | CONFIGURATION |
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185 | ------------- |
186 | ||
187 | See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1] | |
188 | for settings related to diff generation. | |
189 | ||
190 | format.pretty:: | |
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191 | Default for the `--format` option. (See 'Pretty Formats' above.) |
192 | Defaults to `medium`. | |
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193 | |
194 | i18n.logOutputEncoding:: | |
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195 | Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See 'Discussion' above.) |
196 | Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8 | |
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197 | otherwise. |
198 | ||
199 | log.date:: | |
200 | Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the | |
201 | `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write | |
202 | dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. | |
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203 | + |
204 | If the format is set to "auto:foo" and the pager is in use, format | |
205 | "foo" will be the used for the date format. Otherwise "default" will | |
206 | be used. | |
59893a88 | 207 | |
076c9837 | 208 | log.follow:: |
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209 | If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when |
210 | a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, | |
211 | i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well | |
212 | on non-linear history. | |
076c9837 | 213 | |
da0005b8 | 214 | log.showRoot:: |
b20cc13e | 215 | If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the |
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216 | initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in |
217 | `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached. | |
218 | The default is `true`. | |
219 | ||
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220 | log.showSignature:: |
221 | If `true`, `git log` and related commands will act as if the | |
222 | `--show-signature` option was passed to them. | |
223 | ||
d5422b0c | 224 | mailmap.*:: |
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225 | See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. |
226 | ||
227 | notes.displayRef:: | |
228 | Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` | |
eee7f4a2 | 229 | or `GIT_NOTES_REF`, to read notes from when showing commit |
b20cc13e | 230 | messages with the `log` family of commands. See |
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231 | linkgit:git-notes[1]. |
232 | + | |
233 | May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified | |
234 | multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, | |
235 | but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. | |
236 | + | |
ab18b2c0 | 237 | This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option, |
eee7f4a2 | 238 | overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` environment variable, |
ab18b2c0 | 239 | and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option. |
5dc7bcc2 | 240 | |
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241 | GIT |
242 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 243 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |