git-whatchanged(1)
==================
-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
NAME
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-git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces.
+git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'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.
OPTIONS
-------
-p::
- Show textual diffs, instead of the git internal diff
+ Show textual diffs, instead of the Git internal diff
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>::
exclusive, top inclusive).
-r::
- Show git internal diff output, but for the whole tree,
+ 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[]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+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
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+`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'
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite