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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# git log
> Show a history of commits.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log>.
- Show the sequence of commits starting from the current one, in reverse chronological order of the Git repository in the current working directory:
`git log`
- Show the history of a particular file or directory, including differences:
`git log {{[-p|--patch]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
- Show an overview of which file(s) changed in each commit:
`git log --stat`
- Show a graph of commits in the current branch using only the first line of each commit message:
`git log --oneline --graph`
- Show a graph of all commits, tags, and branches in the entire repo:
`git log --oneline --decorate --all --graph`
- Show only commits with messages that include a specific string, ignoring case:
`git log {{[-i|--regexp-ignore-case]}} --grep {{search_string}}`
- Show the last `n` number of commits from a certain author:
`git log {{[-n|--max-count]}} {{n}} --author "{{author}}"`
- Show commits between two dates (yyyy-mm-dd):
`git log --before "{{2017-01-29}}" --after "{{2017-01-17}}"`