gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/university/training/topics/git_log.md

Git Log

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Git log lists commit history. It allows searching and filtering.

• Initiate log

git log

• Retrieve set number of records:

git log -n 2

• Search commits by author. Allows user name or a regular expression.

git log --author="user_name"

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• Search by comment message.

git log --grep="<pattern>"

• Search by date

git log --since=1.month.ago --until=3.weeks.ago

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Git Log Workflow

1. Change to workspace directory
2. Clone the multi runner projects
3. Change to project dir
4. Search by author
5. Search by date
6. Combine

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Commands

cd ~/workspace
git clone git@gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner.git
cd gitlab-ci-multi-runner
git log --author="Travis"
git log --since=1.month.ago --until=3.weeks.ago
git log --since=1.month.ago --until=1.day.ago --author="Travis"