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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index de5c0d37a5..69db5783ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -23,10 +24,6 @@ each commit introduces are shown. OPTIONS ------- --<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 @@ -50,6 +47,11 @@ OPTIONS Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each commit was reached. +--use-mailmap:: + Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email + to canonical real names and email addresses. See + linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. + --full-diff:: Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified @@ -62,16 +64,19 @@ produced by --stat etc. --log-size:: Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended - mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If git is unable to + mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If Git is unable to produce a valid value size is set to zero. Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown its size is not included. [\--] <path>...:: - Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To - prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need - to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or - refnames. + Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files + that match the specified paths came to be. See "History + Simplification" below for details and other simplification + modes. ++ +To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to +be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames. include::rev-list-options.txt[] @@ -87,45 +92,45 @@ include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] Examples -------- -git log --no-merges:: +`git log --no-merges`:: Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges -git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: +`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`:: Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories -git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: +`git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`:: Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 'gitk' -git log --name-status release..test:: +`git log --name-status release..test`:: Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths each commit modifies. -git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: +`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`:: Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including those commits that occurred before the file was given its present name. -git log --branches --not --remotes=origin:: +`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:: +`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:: +`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 @@ -133,6 +138,8 @@ git log -p -m --first-parent:: This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all topic branches when staying on a single integration branch. +`git log -3`:: + Limits the number of commits to show to 3. Discussion ---------- @@ -165,7 +172,7 @@ log.showroot:: `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached. The default is `true`. -mailmap.file:: +mailmap.*:: See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. notes.displayRef:: |