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Git Log Cheat Sheet

#git #cheatsheet

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Custom formats 

 --pretty="format:%H"
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Formatting 

 --abbrev-commit --oneline --graph
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Ordering 

 --date-order --author-date-order --topo-order # "smart" ordering --reverse
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Simplification 

git log -- app/file.rb # only file --simplify-by-decoration # tags and branches
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Limiting 

 --merges --no-merges
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 --first-parent # no stuff from merged branches
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 --branches="feature/*" --tags="v*" --remotes="origin"
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Search 

 --grep="Merge pull request" # in commit messages -S"console.log" # in code -G"foo.*" # in code (regex)
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 --invert-grep --all-match # AND in multi --grep
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Basic filters 

-n, --max-count=2 --skip=2
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 --since="1 week ago" --until="yesterday"
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 --author="Rico" --committer="Rico"
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Revision ranges 

git log master # branch git log origin/master # branch, remote git log v1.0.0 # tag git log master develop git log v2.0..master # reachable from *master* but not *v2.0* git log v2.0...master # reachable from *master* and *v2.0*, but not both
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See gitrevisions.

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