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-<n>:: 31 Limits the number of commits to show. 32 33<since>..<until>:: 34 Show only commits between the named two commits. When 35 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to 36 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch. 37 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since> 38 and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in 39 gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. 40 41--first-parent:: 42 Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge 43 commit. This option gives a better overview of the 44 evolution of a particular branch. 45 46-p:: 47 Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form. 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 See also gitlink:git-reflog[1]. 53 54--decorate:: 55 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. 56 57--full-diff:: 58 Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that 59 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 60 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch 61 the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only 62 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. 63 64<paths>...:: 65 Show only commits that affect the specified paths. 66 67 68include::pretty-formats.txt[] 69 70 71Examples 72-------- 73git log --no-merges:: 74 75 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges 76 77git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: 78 79 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file 80 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories 81 82git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: 83 84 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. 85 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 86 'gitk' 87 88git log -r --name-status release..test:: 89 90 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet 91 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths 92 each commit modifies. 93 94Discussion 95---------- 96 97include::i18n.txt[] 98 99 100Author 101------ 102Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 103 104Documentation 105-------------- 106Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 107 108GIT 109--- 110Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite