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Shows the commit logs.
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- The command takes options applicable to the ' git rev-list'
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+ The command takes options applicable to the ` git rev-list`
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command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
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- the ' git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
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+ the ` git diff-*` commands to control how the changes
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each commit introduces are shown.
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--use-mailmap::
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Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email
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- to canonical real names and email addresses. See
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+ addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See
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linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
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--full-diff::
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- Without this flag, " git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
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+ Without this flag, ` git log -p <path>...` shows commits that
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touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
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paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
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the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
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commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
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Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
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- produced by --stat etc.
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+ produced by ` --stat`, etc.
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--log-size::
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- Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
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- mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If Git is unable to
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- produce a valid value size is set to zero.
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- Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
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- its size is not included.
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+ Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit,
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+ where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes.
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+ Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
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+ output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
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-L <start>,<end>:<file>::
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-L :<regex>:<file>::
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Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
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(or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may
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not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
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whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
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specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
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(i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
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- ways to spell <revision range>, see the " Specifying Ranges"
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+ ways to spell <revision range>, see the ' Specifying Ranges'
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section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
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[\--] <path>...::
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Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
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- that match the specified paths came to be. See " History
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- Simplification" below for details and other simplification
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+ that match the specified paths came to be. See ' History
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+ Simplification' below for details and other simplification
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modes.
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- Paths may need to be prefixed with " \-- " to separate them from
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+ Paths may need to be prefixed with `` \-- '' to separate them from
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options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
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include::rev-list-options.txt[]
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`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
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Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
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- in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
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+ in the ` include/scsi` or ` drivers/scsi` subdirectories
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`git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
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Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
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- The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
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+ The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
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'gitk'
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`git log --name-status release..test`::
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`git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`::
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- Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
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+ Shows the commits that changed ` builtin/rev-list.c` , including
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those commits that occurred before the file was given its
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present name.
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`git log -p -m --first-parent`::
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Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
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- " main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
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+ `` main branch'' perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
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branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
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This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
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topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
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`git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`::
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- Shows how the function `main()` in the file ' main.c' evolved
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+ Shows how the function `main()` in the file ` main.c` evolved
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over time.
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`git log -3`::
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Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
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DISCUSSION
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for settings related to diff generation.
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format.pretty::
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- Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
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- Defaults to " medium" .
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+ Default for the `--format` option. (See 'Pretty Formats' above.)
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+ Defaults to ` medium` .
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i18n.logOutputEncoding::
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- Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See " Discussion", above.)
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- Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
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+ Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See ' Discussion' above.)
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+ Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8
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otherwise.
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log.date::
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dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
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- If `false`, ' git log' and related commands will not treat the
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+ If `false`, ` git log` and related commands will not treat the
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initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
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`git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
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The default is `true`.
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notes.displayRef::
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Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
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- messages with the ' log' family of commands. See
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+ messages with the ` log` family of commands. See
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linkgit:git-notes[1].
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May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
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