@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
1515-----------
1616Shows the commit logs.
1717
18- The command takes options applicable to the ' git rev-list'
18+ The command takes options applicable to the ` git rev-list`
1919command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
20- the ' git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
20+ the ` git diff-*` commands to control how the changes
2121each commit introduces are shown.
2222
2323
@@ -42,29 +42,27 @@ OPTIONS
4242
4343--use-mailmap::
4444 Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email
45- to canonical real names and email addresses. See
45+ addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See
4646 linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
4747
4848--full-diff::
49- Without this flag, " git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
49+ Without this flag, ` git log -p <path>...` shows commits that
5050 touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
5151 paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
5252 the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
5353 commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
5454+
5555Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
56- produced by --stat etc.
56+ produced by ` --stat`, etc.
5757
5858--log-size::
59- Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
60- mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If Git is unable to
61- produce a valid value size is set to zero.
62- Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
63- its size is not included.
59+ Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit,
60+ where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes.
61+ Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
62+ output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
6463
6564-L <start>,<end>:<file>::
6665-L :<regex>:<file>::
67-
6866 Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
6967 (or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may
7068 not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
@@ -80,16 +78,16 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[]
8078 whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
8179 specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
8280 (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
83- ways to spell <revision range>, see the " Specifying Ranges"
81+ ways to spell <revision range>, see the ' Specifying Ranges'
8482 section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
8583
8684[\--] <path>...::
8785 Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
88- that match the specified paths came to be. See " History
89- Simplification" below for details and other simplification
86+ that match the specified paths came to be. See ' History
87+ Simplification' below for details and other simplification
9088 modes.
9189+
92- Paths may need to be prefixed with " \-- " to separate them from
90+ Paths may need to be prefixed with `` \-- '' to separate them from
9391options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
9492
9593include::rev-list-options.txt[]
@@ -113,12 +111,12 @@ EXAMPLES
113111`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
114112
115113 Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
116- in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
114+ in the ` include/scsi` or ` drivers/scsi` subdirectories
117115
118116`git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
119117
120118 Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
121- The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
119+ The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
122120 'gitk'
123121
124122`git log --name-status release..test`::
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ EXAMPLES
129127
130128`git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`::
131129
132- Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
130+ Shows the commits that changed ` builtin/rev-list.c` , including
133131 those commits that occurred before the file was given its
134132 present name.
135133
@@ -147,17 +145,18 @@ EXAMPLES
147145`git log -p -m --first-parent`::
148146
149147 Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
150- " main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
148+ `` main branch'' perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
151149 branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
152150 This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
153151 topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
154152
155153`git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`::
156154
157- Shows how the function `main()` in the file ' main.c' evolved
155+ Shows how the function `main()` in the file ` main.c` evolved
158156 over time.
159157
160158`git log -3`::
159+
161160 Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
162161
163162DISCUSSION
@@ -172,12 +171,12 @@ See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
172171for settings related to diff generation.
173172
174173format.pretty::
175- Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
176- Defaults to " medium" .
174+ Default for the `--format` option. (See 'Pretty Formats' above.)
175+ Defaults to ` medium` .
177176
178177i18n.logOutputEncoding::
179- Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See " Discussion", above.)
180- Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
178+ Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See ' Discussion' above.)
179+ Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8
181180 otherwise.
182181
183182log.date::
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ log.date::
186185 dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
187186
188187log.showroot::
189- If `false`, ' git log' and related commands will not treat the
188+ If `false`, ` git log` and related commands will not treat the
190189 initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
191190 `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
192191 The default is `true`.
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ mailmap.*::
197196notes.displayRef::
198197 Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
199198 or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
200- messages with the ' log' family of commands. See
199+ messages with the ` log` family of commands. See
201200 linkgit:git-notes[1].
202201+
203202May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
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