Previous Git Blogs
Intialize git repostiory
First Commit
Two tree architecture and Three tree architecture
Best basic practices for writing commit messages
Viewing the commit logs
Git Basic WorkFlow
What is HEAD pointer in GIT
Git Configuration
In my prevoius blogs we have gone throgh the following
Creating a local repository with git init
Adding file with git add
Commiting changs with git commit
and checking the status with git status
Lets talk about viewing the history
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git log
Git Dispaly
commit a67edfaa870430ae58dd6d6e8cea68f0c9a08c0a
Author: Naveen
Date: Mon Dec 14 13:44:18 2015 +0530
my initial commit
Lets add a new file
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ gedit readme.txt
it will add a new file to your repository,I have used gedit editor to make changes and creating files. you need to change the global option like
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git config --global core.editor gedit
Lets check the status now
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git status
Git Display:
On branch master
Untracked files:
(use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)
readme.txt
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
It show that we have added a file but stil untracked bey git
lets see what history says
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git log
Git Display:
commit a67edfaa870430ae58dd6d6e8cea68f0c9a08c0a
Author: Naveen
Date: Mon Dec 14 13:44:18 2015 +0530
my initial commit
git log have no idea about new files added. this the actual work of git log to only see history which is being tracked by the Git.
Now lets add the
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git add .
Commit the changes
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git commit -m "Readme file added"
Now see the history
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git log
Git Display
[master e95efc2] Readme file added
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 readme.txt
naveen@naveen:/var/www/html/RND/symfony_sites/symfony_todoapp$ git log
commit e95efc2d8e94f72f13e1b578b1d80451e8cf2ac8
Author: naveenkumar
Date: Wed Dec 16 10:49:52 2015 +0530
Readme file added
commit a67edfaa870430ae58dd6d6e8cea68f0c9a08c0a
Author: Naveen
Date: Mon Dec 14 13:44:18 2015 +0530
my initial commit
So here we go, log has dispaly all the history now.
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