SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.
+ Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
<since>..<until>::
Show only commits between the named two commits. When
its size is not included.
[\--] <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.
+ Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
+ that match the specified paths came to be. See "History
+ Simplification" below for details and other simplification
+ modes.
++
+To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to
+be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames.
+
+include::rev-list-options.txt[]
+
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
Common diff options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-------------------
:git-log: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]
-include::rev-list-options.txt[]
-
-include::pretty-formats.txt[]
-
include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
Examples
--------
-git log --no-merges::
+`git log --no-merges`::
Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
-git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
-git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
+`git log --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 log --name-status release..test::
+`git log --name-status release..test`::
Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
each commit modifies.
-git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
+`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`::
Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
those commits that occurred before the file was given its
present name.
-git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
+`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
+ any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
origin doesn't).
-git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
+`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::
+`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
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,
+This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option,
overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
-and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option.
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