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 gitlink::git-rev-list[1] 18command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to 19the gitlink::git-diff-tree[1] commands to control how the change 20each commit introduces are shown. 21 22This manual page describes only the most frequently used 23options. 24 25 26OPTIONS 27------- 28--pretty=<format>:: 29 Controls the way the commit log is formatted. 30 31--max-count=<n>:: 32 Limits the number of commits to show. 33 34<since>..<until>:: 35 Show only commits between the named two commits. 36 37-p:: 38 Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form. 39 40<paths>...:: 41 Show only commits that affect the specified paths. 42 43 44Examples 45-------- 46git log --no-merges:: 47 48 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 49 50git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 51 52 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 53 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 54 55git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk:: 56 57 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 58 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 59 'gitk' 60 61git log -r --name-status release..test:: 62 63 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 64 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 65 each commit modifies. 66 67Author 68------ 69Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 70 71Documentation 72-------------- 73Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 74 75GIT 76--- 77Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 78