1git-log(1) 2========== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-log - Show commit logs 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15Shows the commit logs. 16 17The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list' 18command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to 19the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes 20each commit introduces are shown. 21 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25 26-<n>:: 27 Limits the number of commits to show. 28 Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below. 29 30<since>..<until>:: 31 Show only commits between the named two commits. When 32 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to 33 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. 34 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> 35 and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. 36 37--follow:: 38 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames 39 (works only for a single file). 40 41--no-decorate:: 42--decorate[=short|full|no]:: 43 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is 44 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and 45 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the 46 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option 47 is 'short'. 48 49--source:: 50 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each 51 commit was reached. 52 53--full-diff:: 54 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that 55 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 56 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 57 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only 58 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 59+ 60Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those 61produced by --stat etc. 62 63--log-size:: 64 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 65 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 66 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 67 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 68 its size is not included. 69 70[\--] <path>...:: 71 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To 72 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need 73 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or 74 refnames. 75 76include::rev-list-options.txt[] 77 78include::pretty-formats.txt[] 79 80Common diff options 81------------------- 82 83:git-log: 1 84include::diff-options.txt[] 85 86include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 87 88Examples 89-------- 90git log --no-merges:: 91 92 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 93 94git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 95 96 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 97 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 98 99git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 100 101 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 102 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 103 'gitk' 104 105git log --name-status release..test:: 106 107 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 108 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 109 each commit modifies. 110 111git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 112 113 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 114 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 115 present name. 116 117git log --branches --not --remotes=origin:: 118 119 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in 120 any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that 121 origin doesn't). 122 123git log master --not --remotes=*/master:: 124 125 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote 126 repository master branches. 127 128git log -p -m --first-parent:: 129 130 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the 131 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged 132 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges. 133 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all 134 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch. 135 136 137Discussion 138---------- 139 140include::i18n.txt[] 141 142Configuration 143------------- 144 145See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1] 146for settings related to diff generation. 147 148format.pretty:: 149 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.) 150 Defaults to "medium". 151 152i18n.logOutputEncoding:: 153 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.) 154 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8 155 otherwise. 156 157log.date:: 158 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the 159 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write 160 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. 161 162log.showroot:: 163 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the 164 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in 165 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached. 166 The default is `true`. 167 168mailmap.file:: 169 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. 170 171notes.displayRef:: 172 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` 173 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit 174 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See 175 linkgit:git-notes[1]. 176+ 177May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified 178multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, 179but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. 180+ 181This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option, 182overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, 183and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option. 184 185Author 186------ 187Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 188 189Documentation 190-------------- 191Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 192 193GIT 194--- 195Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite