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:git-log: 1 31include::diff-options.txt[] 32 33-<n>:: 34 Limits the number of commits to show. 35 36<since>..<until>:: 37 Show only commits between the named two commits. When 38 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to 39 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. 40 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> 41 and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in 42 gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. 43 44--first-parent:: 45 Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge 46 commit. This option gives a better overview of the 47 evolution of a particular branch. 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 Cannot be combined with --reverse. 53 See also gitlink:git-reflog[1]. 54 55--decorate:: 56 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. 57 58--full-diff:: 59 Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that 60 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 61 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 62 the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only 63 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 64 65--follow:: 66 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. 67 68--log-size:: 69 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended 70 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to 71 produce a valid value size is set to zero. 72 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown 73 its size is not included. 74 75<paths>...:: 76 Show only commits that affect the specified paths. 77 78 79include::pretty-formats.txt[] 80 81include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] 82 83Examples 84-------- 85git log --no-merges:: 86 87 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 88 89git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 90 91 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 92 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 93 94git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 95 96 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 97 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 98 'gitk' 99 100git log --name-status release..test:: 101 102 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 103 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 104 each commit modifies. 105 106git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 107 108 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including 109 those commits that occurred before the file was given its 110 present name. 111 112Discussion 113---------- 114 115include::i18n.txt[] 116 117 118Author 119------ 120Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 121 122Documentation 123-------------- 124Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 125 126GIT 127--- 128Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite