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 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
44 Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
48 Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
49 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
50 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
51 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
52 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
55 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
58 Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
59 mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to
60 produce a valid value size is set to zero.
61 Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
62 its size is not included.
65 Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
66 prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
67 to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
71 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
73 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
75 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
81 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
83 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
85 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
86 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
88 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
90 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
91 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
94 git log --name-status release..test::
96 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
97 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
100 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
102 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
103 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
114 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
118 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
122 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite