1git-log(1) 2========== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-log - Show commit logs 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11[verse] 12'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16Shows the commit logs. 17 18The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list' 19command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to 20the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes 21each commit introduces are shown. 22 23 24OPTIONS 25------- 26 27-<n>:: 28 Limits the number of commits to show. 29 Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below. 30 31<since>..<until>:: 32 Show only commits between the named two commits. When 33 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to 34 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. 35 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> 36 and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. 37 38--follow:: 39 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames 40 (works only for a single file). 41 42--no-decorate:: 43--decorate[=short|full|no]:: 44 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is 45 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and 46 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the 47 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option 48 is 'short'. 49 50--source:: 51 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each 52 commit was reached. 53 54--full-diff:: 55 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that 56 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 57 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 58 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only 59 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 60+ 61Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those 62produced by --stat etc. 63 64--log-size:: 65 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 66 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 67 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 68 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 69 its size is not included. 70 71[\--] <path>...:: 72 Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files 73 that match the specified paths came to be. See "History 74 Simplification" below for details and other simplification 75 modes. 76+ 77To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to 78be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames. 79 80include::rev-list-options.txt[] 81 82include::pretty-formats.txt[] 83 84Common diff options 85------------------- 86 87:git-log: 1 88include::diff-options.txt[] 89 90include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 91 92Examples 93-------- 94`git log --no-merges`:: 95 96 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 97 98`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`:: 99 100 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 101 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 102 103`git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk`:: 104 105 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 106 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 107 'gitk' 108 109`git log --name-status release..test`:: 110 111 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 112 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 113 each commit modifies. 114 115`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`:: 116 117 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 118 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 119 present name. 120 121`git log --branches --not --remotes=origin`:: 122 123 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in 124 any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that 125 origin doesn't). 126 127`git log master --not --remotes=*/master`:: 128 129 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote 130 repository master branches. 131 132`git log -p -m --first-parent`:: 133 134 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the 135 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged 136 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges. 137 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all 138 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch. 139 140 141Discussion 142---------- 143 144include::i18n.txt[] 145 146Configuration 147------------- 148 149See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1] 150for settings related to diff generation. 151 152format.pretty:: 153 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.) 154 Defaults to "medium". 155 156i18n.logOutputEncoding:: 157 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.) 158 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8 159 otherwise. 160 161log.date:: 162 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the 163 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write 164 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. 165 166log.showroot:: 167 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the 168 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in 169 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached. 170 The default is `true`. 171 172mailmap.file:: 173 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. 174 175notes.displayRef:: 176 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` 177 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit 178 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See 179 linkgit:git-notes[1]. 180+ 181May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified 182multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, 183but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. 184+ 185This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option, 186overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, 187and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option. 188 189GIT 190--- 191Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite