View the recent commit history in Git
In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to view the commit history in git with the help of examples.
Viewing commit history
To view the commit history in Git, we can use the git log command followed by the -p flag.
-p means patch where it shows the difference occur in each commit.
Here is an example:
git log -pwhen you run the above command, It will display the commit history in reverse chronological order(last to first) similar to the below output
commit a6537cdc1d033d3853829e6baa194df44b750422 (HEAD -> master)
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Feb 25 05:09:03 2020 +0530
changed data
diff --git a/n.js b/n.js
index 05c9bb3..710f139 100644
--- a/n.js
+++ b/n.js
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ dgf
New line
+
+decodeURI
+
+
+hello
\ No newline at end of file
commit fb2h5925202199ff6dc62763303c9aa33ff8d3d9
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
:If you want to view the number of insertions and deletions in each commit use --stat option.
git log --statOutput:
commit a6537c241d033d3853829e6baa294df14b750422 (HEAD -> master)
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Feb 25 05:09:03 2020 +0530
fixed typos
n.js | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
commit fb265925t402999ff6zc62763343c9aa33ff8d3d9
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Feb 25 05:04:05 2020 +0530
added some text
n.js | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
commit df92196v4d6f4680b191204b70c7db96cfa60d47
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Feb 18 05:01:40 2020 +0530
added numbersViewing commit history of an individual file
To view the commit history of an individual file we need to use the git log command followed by the -p flag and ‘name of the file’.
git log -p yourfilenameViewing the list of modified files
The --name-only flag helps to view the list of modified files in each commit.
Example:
git log --name-onlyOutput:
commit a6537c1c1dnj3d3853829e6baa294df14b750422 (HEAD -> master)
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Feb 25 05:09:03 2020 +0530
errors fixed
app.js
commit fb26592520299cdff6dc62763343c9aa33ff8d3d9
Author: saigowthamr <saigowthamr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Feb 25 05:04:05 2020 +0530
added head tags
app.js
index.html- Share:
