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 changes 20each commit introduces are shown. 21 22This manual page describes only the most frequently used options. 23 24 25OPTIONS 26------- 27 28include::pretty-options.txt[] 29 30-<n>:: 31 Limits the number of commits to show. 32 33<since>..<until>:: 34 Show only commits between the named two commits. When 35 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to 36 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. 37 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> 38 and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in 39 gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. 40 41--first-parent:: 42 Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge 43 commit. This option gives a better overview of the 44 evolution of a particular branch. 45 46-p:: 47 Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form. 48 49-g, \--walk-reflogs:: 50 Show commits as they were recorded in the reflog. The log contains 51 a record about how the tip of a reference was changed. 52 Cannot be combined with --reverse. 53 See also gitlink:git-reflog[1]. 54 55--decorate:: 56 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. 57 58--full-diff:: 59 Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that 60 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 61 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 62 the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only 63 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 64 65--follow:: 66 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 67 68--log-size:: 69 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 70 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 71 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 72 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 73 its size is not included. 74 75<paths>...:: 76 Show only commits that affect the specified paths. 77 78 79include::pretty-formats.txt[] 80 81 82Examples 83-------- 84git log --no-merges:: 85 86 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 87 88git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 89 90 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 91 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 92 93git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 94 95 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 96 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 97 'gitk' 98 99git log -r --name-status release..test:: 100 101 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 102 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 103 each commit modifies. 104 105git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 106 107 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 108 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 109 present name. 110 111Discussion 112---------- 113 114include::i18n.txt[] 115 116 117Author 118------ 119Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 120 121Documentation 122-------------- 123Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 124 125GIT 126--- 127Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite