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 Show only commits between the named two commits. When
29 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
30 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
31 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
32 and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
35 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
36 (works only for a single file).
39 --decorate[=short|full|no]::
40 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
41 specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
42 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
43 full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
47 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
51 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
52 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
53 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
54 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
55 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
57 Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
58 produced by --stat etc.
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 are enough to explain how the files
69 that match the specified paths came to be. See "History
70 Simplification" below for details and other simplification
73 To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to
74 be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames.
76 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
78 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
84 include::diff-options.txt[]
86 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
90 `git log --no-merges`::
92 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
94 `git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
96 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
97 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
99 `git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
101 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
102 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
105 `git log --name-status release..test`::
107 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
108 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
109 each commit modifies.
111 `git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`::
113 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
114 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
117 `git log --branches --not --remotes=origin`::
119 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
120 any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
123 `git log master --not --remotes=*/master`::
125 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
126 repository master branches.
128 `git log -p -m --first-parent`::
130 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
131 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
132 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
133 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
134 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
137 Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
147 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
148 for settings related to diff generation.
151 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
152 Defaults to "medium".
154 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
155 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
156 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
160 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
161 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
162 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
165 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
166 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
167 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
168 The default is `true`.
171 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
174 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
175 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
176 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
177 linkgit:git-notes[1].
179 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
180 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
181 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
183 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option,
184 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
185 and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option.
189 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite