[Practical Git] Filter commit history with git log arguments

In the last lesson, we learned how to format the git log output; In this lesson we'll learn how to filter down to a specific set of commits. By default, git log shows every commits in a repo.  We'll walk through using a bunch of options to the filter our Git log commits to a more meaningful set (,,, -n --after --before --author, --grep, -S, -G, --no-merges, {ref}..{ref}, {files}). We'll also show how all of the formatting and filtering options can is composed together to query exactly what is L Ooking for with your commit history.

Show Lasat N Commit:

Git log-3//  Show last three commit

Show commits from a center time:

git log--after="yesterday"//Show the commit between yesterday and today

git log--after="minutes ago"--after="2 weeks ago"  --after="3/15/16"//  Match.

Combine with--before:

git log--after="3/15/16" --before="yesterday"

The same as:

git log--since="3/15/16" --until="yesterday"

Filter by Author:

git log--author="tavor"

Filter by the commit message:

git log--grep="copyright"

Filter by the code using string:

git log-s"math.random"//  get all the commit which have math.random changes in the Code, and Use-p option to see the code

Filter by the code using Regex:

// Using ' G ' without quotes and follow with regex math or random

Ingore the case:

git log-i--author="Jane"//  search both for "Jane" and "Jane"-- author="Jane"// search only for "Jane"

Filter out Merges commit:

git log--no-merges

See the commits between-branch:

git log master. Cool-feature

Search by files:

// Search for Lience and Readme files

Example:

Git log-3 readme.md-p-i--author="tavor"// want to sees last 3 change o n readme.md file by author Tavor, ignor the case, and show the code

git log-s"Math" --after="2 months ago" --oneline-- Stat

[Practical git] Filter commit history with Git log arguments