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=Overview=
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Several git commands that list commits have a common set of options that can be used to select a subset of commits to be displayed. Those options are known as "commit limiting" options.
Several git commands that list commits have a common set of options that can be used to select a subset of commits to be displayed. Those options are known as "commit limiting" options. Also see:
 
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=Options=
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TODO: https://alexpeattie.com/blog/working-with-dates-in-git
Also see: {{Internal|Working with Dates in Git|Working with Dates in Git}}


==--until, --before==
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--before="@{7.days.ago}"
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Also see: {{Internal|Working with Dates in Git|Working with Dates in Git}}


=Examples=
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Latest revision as of 21:32, 1 October 2020

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Overview

Several git commands that list commits have a common set of options that can be used to select a subset of commits to be displayed. Those options are known as "commit limiting" options. Also see:

git rev-list
git log

Options

-<number>, -n <number>, --max-count=<number>

Limit the number of commits to output.

--since, --after

Show commits more recent than a specific date:

git log --since "04/28/2020 9:19 PM PDT"

Also see:

Working with Dates in Git

--until, --before

Show commits older than a specific date:

--before=TODO
--before="@{7.days.ago}"

Also see:

Working with Dates in Git

Examples

git rev-list -1 --before="@{7.days.ago}" task/feature1