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 -<n>::
  27         Limits the number of commits to show.
  28
  29 <since>..<until>::
  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.
  33         For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
  34         and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
  35
  36 --follow::
  37         Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
  38         (works only for a single file).
  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 Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
  60 produced by --stat etc.
  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 Common diff options
  76 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  77
  78 :git-log: 1
  79 include::diff-options.txt[]
  80
  81 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
  82
  83 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
  84
  85 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
  86
  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
  98 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
  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
 104 git log --name-status release..test::
 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.
 109
 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
 116 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 117
 118         Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
 119         any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 120         origin doesn't).
 121
 122 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
 123
 124         Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
 125         repository master branches.
 126
 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
 136 Discussion
 137 ----------
 138
 139 include::i18n.txt[]
 140
 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.
 183
 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 ---
 194 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite