Documentation/git-log.txt: mark-up fix and minor rephasing
- typeset options, commands, and paths in monospace; - typeset references to sections with emphasis; - replace some double quotes with proper AsciiDoc quotes (e.g. ``foo''); - use title case when referring to section headings. Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
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Shows the commit logs.
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The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
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The command takes options applicable to the `git rev-list`
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command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
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the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
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the `git diff-*` commands to control how the changes
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each commit introduces are shown.
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@ -42,28 +42,27 @@ OPTIONS
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--use-mailmap::
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Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email
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to canonical real names and email addresses. See
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addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See
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linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
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--full-diff::
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Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
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Without this flag, `git log -p <path>...` shows commits that
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touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
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paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
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the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
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commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
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Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
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produced by --stat etc.
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produced by `--stat`, etc.
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--log-size::
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Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit,
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where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes.
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Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
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output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
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-L <start>,<end>:<file>, -L :<regex>:<file>::
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-L <start>,<end>:<file>::
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-L :<regex>:<file>::
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Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
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(or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>. You may
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not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
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@ -81,16 +80,16 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[]
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whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
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specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
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(i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
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ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges"
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ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges'
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section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
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[\--] <path>...::
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Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
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that match the specified paths came to be. See "History
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Simplification" below for details and other simplification
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that match the specified paths came to be. See 'History
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Simplification' below for details and other simplification
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modes.
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Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from
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Paths may need to be prefixed with ``\-- '' to separate them from
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options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
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include::rev-list-options.txt[]
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`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
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Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
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in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
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in the `include/scsi` or `drivers/scsi` subdirectories
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`git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
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Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
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The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
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The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
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'gitk'
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`git log --name-status release..test`::
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`git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`::
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Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
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Shows the commits that changed `builtin/rev-list.c`, including
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those commits that occurred before the file was given its
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present name.
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`git log -p -m --first-parent`::
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Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
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"main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
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``main branch'' perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
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branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
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This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
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topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
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`git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`::
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Shows how the function `main()` in the file 'main.c' evolved
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Shows how the function `main()` in the file `main.c` evolved
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over time.
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`git log -3`::
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Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
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DISCUSSION
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@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1]
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for settings related to diff generation.
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format.pretty::
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Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
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Defaults to "medium".
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Default for the `--format` option. (See 'Pretty Formats' above.)
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Defaults to `medium`.
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i18n.logOutputEncoding::
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Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.)
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Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
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Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See 'Discussion' above.)
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Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8
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otherwise.
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log.date::
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dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
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log.showroot::
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If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
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If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
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initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in
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`git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
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The default is `true`.
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notes.displayRef::
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Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
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or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
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messages with the 'log' family of commands. See
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messages with the `log` family of commands. See
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linkgit:git-notes[1].
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May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
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