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.
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
--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::
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.
include::rev-list-options.txt[]
GIT
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-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite