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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 34cf4e581..1f906208f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -8,37 +8,44 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] 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 +57,9 @@ 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 @@ -62,60 +69,122 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] 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[] include::pretty-formats.txt[] +Common diff options +------------------- + +:git-log: 1 +include::diff-options.txt[] + 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`:: + + 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-notes` option, +overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, +and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option. GIT --- |