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.
28 Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
31 Show only commits between the named two commits. When
32 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
33 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
34 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
35 and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
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.
60 Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
61 produced by --stat etc.
64 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
65 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
66 produce a valid value size is set to zero.
67 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
68 its size is not included.
71 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
72 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
73 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
76 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
78 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
84 include::diff-options.txt[]
86 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
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.
145 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
146 for settings related to diff generation.
149 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
150 Defaults to "medium".
152 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
153 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
154 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
158 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
159 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
160 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
163 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
164 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
165 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
166 The default is `true`.
169 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
172 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
173 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
174 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
175 linkgit:git-notes[1].
177 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
178 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
179 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
181 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
182 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
183 and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
187 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite