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:: 41 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. 42 43--full-diff:: 44 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that 45 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 46 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 47 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only 48 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 49 50--follow:: 51 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 52 53--log-size:: 54 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 55 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 56 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 57 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 58 its size is not included. 59 60[\--] <path>...:: 61 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To 62 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need 63 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or 64 refnames. 65 66 67include::rev-list-options.txt[] 68 69include::pretty-formats.txt[] 70 71include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 72 73Examples 74-------- 75git log --no-merges:: 76 77 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 78 79git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 80 81 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 82 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 83 84git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 85 86 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 87 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 88 'gitk' 89 90git log --name-status release..test:: 91 92 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 93 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 94 each commit modifies. 95 96git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 97 98 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 99 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 100 present name. 101 102Discussion 103---------- 104 105include::i18n.txt[] 106 107 108Author 109------ 110Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 111 112Documentation 113-------------- 114Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 115 116GIT 117--- 118Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite