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 linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
37 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
38 (works only for a single file).
41 --decorate[=short|full|no]::
42 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
43 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
44 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
45 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
49 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
53 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
54 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
55 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
56 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
57 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
60 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
61 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
62 produce a valid value size is set to zero.
63 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
64 its size is not included.
67 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
68 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
69 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
76 include::diff-options.txt[]
78 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
80 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
82 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
88 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
90 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
92 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
93 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
95 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
97 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
98 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
101 git log --name-status release..test::
103 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
104 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
105 each commit modifies.
107 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
109 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
110 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
113 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
115 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
116 any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
119 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
121 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
122 repository master branches.
124 git log -p -m --first-parent::
126 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
127 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
128 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
129 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
130 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
141 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
142 for settings related to diff generation.
145 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
146 Defaults to "medium".
148 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
149 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
150 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
154 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
155 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
156 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
159 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
160 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
161 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
162 The default is `true`.
165 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
168 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
169 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
170 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
171 linkgit:git-notes[1].
173 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
174 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
175 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
177 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
178 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
179 and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
183 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
187 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
191 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite