git/Documentation/git-log.txt
Linus Torvalds bd66361195 Add examples for git-log documentation and others.
I don't think people really follow the links or think very abstractly at
all in the first place.

So I was thinking more of some explicit examples. I actually think every
command should have an example in the man-page, and hey, here's a patch to
start things off.

Of course, I'm not exactly "Mr Documentation", and I don't know that this
is the prettiest way to do this, but I checked that the resulting html and
man-page seems at least reasonable.

And hey, if the examples look like each other, that's just because I'm
also not "Mr Imagination".

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-10-30 22:54:39 -08:00

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git-log(1)
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NAME
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git-log - Show commit logs
SYNOPSIS
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'git-log' <option>...
DESCRIPTION
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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.
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'
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite