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 include::diff-options.txt[]
30 Limits the number of commits to show.
33 Show only commits between the named two commits. When
34 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
35 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
36 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
37 and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
38 linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
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 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames/copies.
63 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
64 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
65 produce a valid value size is set to zero.
66 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
67 its size is not included.
70 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
71 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
72 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
76 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
78 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
80 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
86 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
88 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
90 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
91 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
93 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
95 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
96 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
99 git log --name-status release..test::
101 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
102 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
103 each commit modifies.
105 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
107 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
108 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
111 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
113 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
114 any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
117 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
119 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
120 repository master branches.
122 git log -p -m --first-parent::
124 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
125 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
126 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
127 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
128 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
139 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
140 for settings related to diff generation.
143 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
144 Defaults to "medium".
146 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
147 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
148 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
152 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
153 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
154 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
157 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
158 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
159 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
160 The default is `true`.
163 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
166 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
167 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
168 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
169 linkgit:git-notes[1].
171 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
172 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
173 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
175 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
176 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
177 and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
181 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
185 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
189 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite