Few Useful Command for Git Log Commit

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Filter by Author
• Filter by Date
• Filter by Author and Date
• Pretty Print Commit Log
• Navigation Commands
• Conclusion

Introduction

Here are a few useful commands if you want to get a list of git commit information. These commands help you filter, format, and navigate through your git log history.

Filter by Author

This will list all the commits by the contributor.

git log --author="Contributor's name"

Filter by Date

Get commits from 19 April 2020.

git shortlog -s -n --since="19 April 2020"

Filter by Author and Date

Get commits for the contributor since 19 April 2020.

git log --author="Your contributor" --oneline --since="19 April 2020"

Pretty Print Commit Log

Same commit log but make it pretty print.

git log --pretty="%C(Yellow)%h  %C(reset)%ad (%C(Green)%cr%C(reset))%x09 %C(Cyan)%an: %C(reset)%s" --author="contributor" --since="19 May 2020 12:00:00 AM"

Navigation Commands

Quit the command line by :q.

:q

Use :h for the help command.

:h

Conclusion

These are a few handy git log commands that can help you quickly filter commits by author, date, or both, and format the output for easier reading. Combine these options to find exactly the commit information you need.