Logs
git log – return commits made in this repository
git log vX.X..vY.Y | helper-script > changelogs/Y.Y
- generate changelogs
- see also: https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator
- see also: https://pypi.org/project/gitchangelog/
git log <branch> – return commits of branch
--all – return commits of all branches
-<n> – return only the last n entries
--after <date> – only return results after --before <date> – only return results before --all – return commit history for all branches
--decorate – return where the branch pointers are pointing
--follow – list version history for a file, including renames
--graph – return an ASCII graph depicting branch and merge history
--no-merges – do not return merge commits
--pretty – return pretty-printed results
--pretty=oneline – return each commit on a single line. also short, full and fuller
--pretty=format – return results formatted with a specification language
--patch – return the difference introduced in each commit
--relative-dated – isplay dates in a relative format (“2 weeks ago”)
--stat – return abbreviated stats for each commit
-S string – return only commits that changed the number of occurrences of string
-- path – return only results that introduced changes to file(s) at path