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@@ -14,31 +14,37 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
Shows the commit logs.
-The command takes options applicable to the 'git-rev-list'
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
-the 'git-diff-*' commands to control how the changes
+the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
each commit introduces are shown.
OPTIONS
-------
-:git-log: 1
-include::diff-options.txt[]
-
-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.
+ Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
<since>..<until>::
Show only commits between the named two commits. When
either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
`HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
- and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
- linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+ and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
---decorate::
- Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
+--follow::
+ Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
+ (works only for a single file).
+
+--no-decorate::
+--decorate[=short|full|no]::
+ Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
+ specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
+ 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
+ full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
+ is 'short'.
--source::
Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
@@ -50,9 +56,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
-
---follow::
- Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
++
+Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
+produced by --stat etc.
--log-size::
Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
@@ -67,11 +73,16 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
refnames.
-
include::rev-list-options.txt[]
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+Common diff options
+-------------------
+
+:git-log: 1
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
Examples
@@ -103,19 +114,73 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
those commits that occurred before the file was given its
present name.
+git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
+
+ Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
+ any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+ origin doesn't).
+
+git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
+
+ Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
+ repository master branches.
+
+git log -p -m --first-parent::
+
+ Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
+ "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
+ branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
+ This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
+ topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
+
+
Discussion
----------
include::i18n.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
+for settings related to diff generation.
+
+format.pretty::
+ Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
+ Defaults to "medium".
+
+i18n.logOutputEncoding::
+ Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
+ Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
+ otherwise.
+
+log.date::
+ Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the
+ `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write
+ dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
+
+log.showroot::
+ If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
+ initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
+ `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
+ The default is `true`.
+
+mailmap.file::
+ See linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
+
+notes.displayRef::
+ Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
+ or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+ messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
+ linkgit:git-notes[1].
++
+May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
+multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
+but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
++
+This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
+overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
+and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
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