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