1git-log(1) 2========== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-log - Show commit logs 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15Shows the commit logs. 16 17The command takes options applicable to the 'git-rev-list' 18command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to 19the 'git-diff-*' 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--source:: 44 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each 45 commit was reached. 46 47--full-diff:: 48 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that 49 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 50 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 51 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only 52 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 53 54--follow:: 55 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 56 57--log-size:: 58 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 59 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 60 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 61 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 62 its size is not included. 63 64[\--] <path>...:: 65 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To 66 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need 67 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or 68 refnames. 69 70 71include::rev-list-options.txt[] 72 73include::pretty-formats.txt[] 74 75include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 76 77Examples 78-------- 79git log --no-merges:: 80 81 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 82 83git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 84 85 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 86 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 87 88git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 89 90 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 91 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 92 'gitk' 93 94git log --name-status release..test:: 95 96 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 97 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 98 each commit modifies. 99 100git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 101 102 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 103 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 104 present name. 105 106Discussion 107---------- 108 109include::i18n.txt[] 110 111 112Author 113------ 114Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 115 116Documentation 117-------------- 118Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 119 120GIT 121--- 122Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite