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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..32246fdb00 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -0,0 +1,224 @@ +git-log(1) +========== + +NAME +---- +git-log - Show commit logs + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[\--] <path>...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Shows the commit logs. + +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 +each commit introduces are shown. + + +OPTIONS +------- + +--follow:: + Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames + (works only for a single file). + +--no-decorate:: +--decorate[=short|full|auto|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. If 'auto' is + specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names + are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are + shown. The default option is 'short'. + +--source:: + 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 + 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 + 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. + +--log-size:: + 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 :<funcname>:<file>:: + Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>" + (or the function name regex <funcname>) 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 + <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the + 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' + 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 + modes. ++ +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 +------------------- + +:git-log: 1 +include::diff-options.txt[] + +include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] + +EXAMPLES +-------- +`git log --no-merges`:: + + Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges + +`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`:: + + 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`:: + + 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`:: + + 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`:: + + 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. + +`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 +---------- + +include::i18n.txt[] + +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, and 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.follow:: + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. + +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`. + +log.showSignature:: + If `true`, `git log` and related commands will act as if the + `--show-signature` option was passed to them. + +mailmap.*:: + 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-notes` option, +overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` environment variable, +and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |