NAME
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-git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces.
+git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-whatchanged' <option>...
+'git whatchanged' <option>...
DESCRIPTION
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Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces. The
-command internally invokes 'git-rev-list' piped to
-'git-diff-tree', and takes command line options for both of
+command internally invokes 'git rev-list' piped to
+'git diff-tree', and takes command line options for both of
these commands.
This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
output format that is useful only to tell the changed
paths and their nature of changes.
---max-count=<n>::
+-<n>::
Limit output to <n> commits.
<since>..<until>::
Show git internal diff output, but for the whole tree,
not just the top level.
---pretty=<format>::
- Controls the output format for the commit logs.
- <format> can be one of 'raw', 'medium', 'short', 'full',
- and 'oneline'.
-
-m::
By default, differences for merge commits are not shown.
With this flag, show differences to that commit from all
of its parents.
++
+However, it is not very useful in general, although it
+*is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
+
+include::pretty-options.txt[]
+
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+Examples
+--------
+git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+ Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
+ any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
+
+ Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+ The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+ 'gitk'
- However, it is not very useful in general, although it
- *is* useful on a file-by-file basis.
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite