SYNOPSIS

git log <option>…

DESCRIPTION

Shows the commit logs. This command internally invokes git-rev-list, and the command line options are passed to that command.

This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.

OPTIONS

--pretty=<format>: Controls the way the commit log is formatted.

--max-count=<n>

Limits the number of commits to show.

<since>..<until>

Show only commits between the named two commits.

Author

Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation

Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

GIT

Part of the git suite