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