6 git-log - Show commit logs
11 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
15 Shows the commit logs.
17 The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
18 command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
19 the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
20 each commit introduces are shown.
27 Limits the number of commits to show.
30 Show only commits between the named two commits. When
31 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
32 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
33 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
34 and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
35 linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
38 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
39 (works only for a single file).
42 --decorate[=short|full|no]::
43 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
44 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
45 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
46 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
50 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
54 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
55 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
56 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
57 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
58 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
61 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
62 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
63 produce a valid value size is set to zero.
64 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
65 its size is not included.
68 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
69 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
70 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
77 include::diff-options.txt[]
79 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
81 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
83 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
89 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
91 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
93 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
94 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
96 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
98 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
99 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
102 git log --name-status release..test::
104 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
105 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
106 each commit modifies.
108 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
110 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
111 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
114 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
116 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
117 any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
120 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
122 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
123 repository master branches.
125 git log -p -m --first-parent::
127 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
128 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
129 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
130 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
131 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
142 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
143 for settings related to diff generation.
146 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
147 Defaults to "medium".
149 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
150 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
151 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
155 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
156 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
157 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
160 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
161 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
162 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
163 The default is `true`.
166 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
169 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
170 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
171 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
172 linkgit:git-notes[1].
174 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
175 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
176 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
178 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
179 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
180 and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
184 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
188 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
192 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite