1git-log(1) 2========== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-log - Show commit logs 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git-log' <option>... 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15Shows the commit logs. 16 17The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-rev-list[1] 18command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to 19the linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] commands to control how the changes 20each commit introduces are shown. 21 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25 26:git-log: 1 27include::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:: 41 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. 42 43--full-diff:: 44 Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that 45 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 46 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 47 the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only 48 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 49 50--follow:: 51 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 52 53--log-size:: 54 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 55 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 56 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 57 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 58 its size is not included. 59 60<paths>...:: 61 Show only commits that affect the specified paths. 62 63 64include::rev-list-options.txt[] 65 66include::pretty-formats.txt[] 67 68include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 69 70Examples 71-------- 72git log --no-merges:: 73 74 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 75 76git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 77 78 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 79 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 80 81git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 82 83 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 84 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 85 'gitk' 86 87git log --name-status release..test:: 88 89 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 90 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 91 each commit modifies. 92 93git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 94 95 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 96 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 97 present name. 98 99Discussion 100---------- 101 102include::i18n.txt[] 103 104 105Author 106------ 107Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 108 109Documentation 110-------------- 111Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 112 113GIT 114--- 115Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite