git: Show Details of a Previous Commit, git log Details
Posted by alex in Insights at 7:51 PMBelow is information regarding the use of the git log command. There are numerous git log options described below including showing a single revision, a certain number of revisions, revisions since a certain date, and showing more details about revisions. The git log command can be useful to see specifically what has been checked in to the repository just for a revision history or to verify that the proper changes have been made.
Show Previous Commits:
git log
This will show a listing of previous revisions for the current branch.
Show Previous Commits +Details:
git log -p
This will show a listing of the previous revisions including what has been modified in each revision.
Show The Latest Commit:
git log -1
This will show the latest revision only.
Show The Latest Commit Plus Details:
git log -p -1
This will show the latest revision including the details of the revision.
Show the 5 Latest Commits:
git log -5
This will s how the latest fice commits.
Show Commits Since a Certain Date:
git log --since="Tue May 10 13:34:26 2009 -0500"
This will show any revisions that have been commited since May 10th at 1:34 PM. You can also use the below to show commits since a certain date. You could use days, weeks, etc. The below would show all the commits since yesterday.
git log --since="1 day ago"
Show Commits Up To a Certain Date:
git log --until="Tue May 09 17:34:26 2009 -0500"
This will show revisions up to May 9th at 5:34 PM starting with the revision closest to that date.
Show Commits Up To a Certain Date:
git log --name-only -1
This will show the latest revision with the names of the files that were added or modified.
Show Details About a Specific Commit:
To show details about one specific commit use the “git show” command as shown below.
git show 44f1f96e23ecb835e4442bf464861231b2d96d7e
For more information about git check out the below.
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