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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index a5e96073c8..1f7bc67d6c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ 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. @@ -42,25 +42,35 @@ OPTIONS --use-mailmap:: Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email - to canonical real names and email addresses. See + addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. --full-diff:: - Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that + Without this flag, `git log -p <path>...` shows commits that touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified 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. + Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those -produced by --stat etc. +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 - 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. + Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit, + where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes. + Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log` + output by allowing them to allocate space in advance. + +-L <start>,<end>:<file>:: +-L :<regex>:<file>:: + Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>" + (or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may + not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to + a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only + give zero or one positive revision arguments. + You can specify this option more than once. ++ +include::line-range-format.txt[] <revision range>:: Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no @@ -68,23 +78,23 @@ produced by --stat etc. whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of - ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" + ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [\--] <path>...:: 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 + that match the specified paths came to be. See 'History + Simplification' below for details and other simplification modes. + -Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from +Paths may need to be prefixed with ``\-- '' to separate them from options or the revision range, when confusion arises. include::rev-list-options.txt[] include::pretty-formats.txt[] -Common diff options +COMMON DIFF OPTIONS ------------------- :git-log: 1 @@ -92,7 +102,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] -Examples +EXAMPLES -------- `git log --no-merges`:: @@ -101,12 +111,12 @@ Examples `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 + in the `include/scsi` or `drivers/scsi` subdirectories `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 + The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 'gitk' `git log --name-status release..test`:: @@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ Examples `git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`:: - Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including + Shows the commits that changed `builtin/rev-list.c`, including those commits that occurred before the file was given its present name. @@ -135,32 +145,38 @@ Examples `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 + ``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. +`git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`:: + + Shows how the function `main()` in the file `main.c` evolved + over time. + `git log -3`:: + Limits the number of commits to show to 3. -Discussion +DISCUSSION ---------- include::i18n.txt[] -Configuration +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". + 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 + Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See 'Discussion' above.) + Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8 otherwise. log.date:: @@ -169,7 +185,7 @@ log.date:: dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. log.showroot:: - If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the + 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`. @@ -180,7 +196,7 @@ mailmap.*:: 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 + 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 |