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 See also gitlink:git-reflog[1]. 53 54--decorate:: 55 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. 56 57--full-diff:: 58 Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that 59 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 60 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 61 the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only 62 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 63 64--follow:: 65 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 66 67<paths>...:: 68 Show only commits that affect the specified paths. 69 70 71include::pretty-formats.txt[] 72 73 74Examples 75-------- 76git log --no-merges:: 77 78 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 79 80git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 81 82 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 83 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 84 85git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 86 87 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 88 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 89 'gitk' 90 91git log -r --name-status release..test:: 92 93 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 94 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 95 each commit modifies. 96 97git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 98 99 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 100 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 101 present name. 102 103Discussion 104---------- 105 106include::i18n.txt[] 107 108 109Author 110------ 111Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 112 113Documentation 114-------------- 115Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 116 117GIT 118--- 119Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite