To display the commit message and the changes introduced by each commit within a specified date range using Git, you can use the git log command along with certain flags. Here’s how you can do it:
1. Open your terminal or command prompt.
2. Navigate to your Git repository where you want to inspect the commits.
3. Use the following command:
git log --since="YYYY-MM-DD" --until="YYYY-MM-DD" --patch
Replace YYYY-MM-DD with your specified start and end date. Here’s what the flags do:
- --since="YYYY-MM-DD": Specifies the start date of the date range.
- --until="YYYY-MM-DD": Specifies the end date of the date range.
- --patch (or -p): Displays the diff introduced in each commit.
4. Example:
If you want to find all commits from January 1, 2023, to January 31, 2023, you would run:
git log --since="2023-01-01" --until="2023-01-31" --patch
Additional Options
You can customize the output further with other git log options:
- To format the output to show just the commit message in a more concise way, you can use:
git log --since="2023-01-01" --until="2023-01-31" --oneline --patch
- If you want to see only specific files or directories affected:
git log --since="2023-01-01" --until="2023-01-31" --patch -- path/to/file
- To see a summary of the changes (added/modified/deleted lines) without the full diff, you can use:
git log --since="2023-01-01" --until="2023-01-31" --stat
Using these commands, you can efficiently analyze commits and the changes made during a specific date range.