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.
30 Show only commits between the named two commits. When
31 either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
32 `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
33 For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
34 and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
37 Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
38 (works only for a single file).
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.
59 Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
60 produced by --stat etc.
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
79 include::diff-options.txt[]
81 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
83 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
85 include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
91 Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
93 git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
95 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
96 in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
98 git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
100 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
101 The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
104 git log --name-status release..test::
106 Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
107 in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
108 each commit modifies.
110 git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
112 Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
113 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
116 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
118 Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
119 any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
122 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
124 Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
125 repository master branches.
127 git log -p -m --first-parent::
129 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
130 "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
131 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
132 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
133 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
144 See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
145 for settings related to diff generation.
148 Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
149 Defaults to "medium".
151 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
152 Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
153 Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
157 Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
158 `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
159 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
162 If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
163 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
164 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
165 The default is `true`.
168 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
171 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
172 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
173 messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
174 linkgit:git-notes[1].
176 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
177 multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
178 but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
180 This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
181 overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
182 and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
186 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
190 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
194 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite