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:git-log: 1 27include::diff-options.txt[] 28 29-<n>:: 30 Limits the number of commits to show. 31 32<since>..<until>:: 33 Show only commits between the named two commits. When 34 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to 35 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. 36 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> 37 and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in 38 linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. 39 40--decorate[=short|full]:: 41 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is 42 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and 43 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the 44 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option 45 is 'short'. 46 47--source:: 48 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each 49 commit was reached. 50 51--full-diff:: 52 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that 53 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 54 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 55 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only 56 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 57 58--follow:: 59 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 60 61--log-size:: 62 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 63 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 64 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 65 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 66 its size is not included. 67 68[\--] <path>...:: 69 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To 70 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need 71 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or 72 refnames. 73 74 75include::rev-list-options.txt[] 76 77include::pretty-formats.txt[] 78 79include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 80 81Examples 82-------- 83git log --no-merges:: 84 85 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 86 87git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 88 89 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 90 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 91 92git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 93 94 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 95 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 96 'gitk' 97 98git log --name-status release..test:: 99 100 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 101 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 102 each commit modifies. 103 104git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 105 106 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 107 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 108 present name. 109 110Discussion 111---------- 112 113include::i18n.txt[] 114 115 116Author 117------ 118Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 119 120Documentation 121-------------- 122Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 123 124GIT 125--- 126Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite