git log --no-merges
Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi
Show all commits since version v2.6.12 that changed any file
in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk
Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file gitk.
The -- is necessary to avoid confusion with the branch named
gitk
git log --name-status release..test
Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet in
the "release" branch, along with the list of paths each
commit modifies.
git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c
Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
those commits that occurred before the file was given its
present name.
git log --branches --not --remotes=origin
Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not
in any of remote-tracking branches for origin (what you have
that origin doesn't).
git log master --not --remotes=*/master
Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any
remote repository master branches.
git log -p -m --first-parent
Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
'main branch' perspective, skipping commits that come from
merged branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced
by the merges. This makes sense only when following a strict
policy of merging all topic branches when staying on a single
integration branch.
git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c
Shows how the function main() in the file main.c evolved over
time.
git log -3
Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
