tldr/pages/common/git-log.md

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git log

Show a history of commits.

  • Show the sequence of commits starting from the current one, in reverse chronological order:

git log

  • Show the history of a particular file or directory, including differences:

git log -p {{path}}

  • Show only the first line of each commit message:

git log --oneline

  • Show all commits, tags and branches for the entire repo in a graph format:

git log --oneline --decorate --all --graph

  • Show only commits whose messages include a given string (case-insensitively):

git log -i --grep {{search_string}}