SYNOPSIS
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-'git-log' <option>...
+'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Shows the commit logs.
-The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-rev-list[1]
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
-the linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] commands to control how the changes
+the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
each commit introduces are shown.
OPTIONS
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-:git-log: 1
-include::diff-options.txt[]
-
-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.
either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
`HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
- and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
- linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+ and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+
+--follow::
+ Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
+ (works only for a single file).
---decorate::
- Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
+--no-decorate::
+--decorate[=short|full|no]::
+ Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
+ specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
+ 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
+ full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
+ is 'short'.
+
+--source::
+ Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
+ commit was reached.
--full-diff::
- Without this flag, "git log -p <paths>..." shows commits that
+ Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
- the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only
+ the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
---follow::
- Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
-
--log-size::
Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
its size is not included.
-<paths>...::
- Show only commits that affect the specified paths.
+[\--] <path>...::
+ Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
+ prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
+ to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
+ refnames.
+
+Common diff options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+:git-log: 1
+include::diff-options.txt[]
include::rev-list-options.txt[]
those commits that occurred before the file was given its
present name.
+git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
+
+ Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
+ any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+ origin doesn't).
+
+git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
+
+ Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
+ repository master branches.
+
+git log -p -m --first-parent::
+
+ Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
+ "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
+ branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
+ This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
+ topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
+
+
Discussion
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include::i18n.txt[]
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
+for settings related to diff generation.
+
+format.pretty::
+ Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
+ Defaults to "medium".
+
+i18n.logOutputEncoding::
+ Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
+ Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
+ otherwise.
+
+log.date::
+ Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
+ `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
+ dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
+
+log.showroot::
+ If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
+ initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
+ `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
+ The default is `true`.
+
+mailmap.file::
+ See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
+
+notes.displayRef::
+ Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
+ or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+ messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
+ linkgit:git-notes[1].
++
+May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
+multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
+but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
++
+This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
+overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
+and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
Author
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