6 git-log - Show commit logs
12 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
16 Shows the commit logs.
18 The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
19 command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
20 the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
21 each commit introduces are shown.
28 Limits the number of commits to show.
29 Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
32 Show only commits between the named two commits. When
33 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
34 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
35 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
36 and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
39 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
40 (works only for a single file).
43 --decorate[=short|full|no]::
44 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
45 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
46 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
47 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
51 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
55 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
56 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
57 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
58 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
59 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
61 Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
62 produced by --stat etc.
65 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
66 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
67 produce a valid value size is set to zero.
68 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
69 its size is not included.
72 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
73 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
74 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
77 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
79 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
85 include::diff-options.txt[]
87 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
93 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
95 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
97 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
98 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
100 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
102 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
103 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
106 git log --name-status release..test::
108 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
109 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
110 each commit modifies.
112 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
114 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
115 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
118 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
120 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
121 any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
124 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
126 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
127 repository master branches.
129 git log -p -m --first-parent::
131 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
132 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
133 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
134 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
135 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
146 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
147 for settings related to diff generation.
150 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
151 Defaults to "medium".
153 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
154 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
155 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
159 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
160 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
161 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
164 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
165 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
166 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
167 The default is `true`.
170 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
173 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
174 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
175 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
176 linkgit:git-notes[1].
178 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
179 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
180 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
182 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option,
183 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
184 and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option.
188 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite