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. This command internally invokes 16'git-rev-list', and the command line options are passed to that 17command. 18 19This manual page describes only the most frequently used options. 20 21OPTIONS 22------- 23--pretty=<format>:: 24 Controls the way the commit log is formatted. 25 26--max-count=<n>:: 27 Limits the number of commits to show. 28 29<since>..<until>:: 30 Show only commits between the named two commits. 31 32 33Examples 34-------- 35git log --no-merges:: 36 37 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 38 39git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 40 41 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 42 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 43 44git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk:: 45 46 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 47 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 48 'gitk' 49 50 51Author 52------ 53Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 54 55Documentation 56-------------- 57Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 58 59GIT 60--- 61Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 62