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   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