Flags to Limit Git Commit History Output

You can also limit the output of commit history based on the time when they were made. For example, the flag --since=1day will display commits made 1 days ago. The full list of flags for limiting the output of commits is below:

Flag	Description
-(n)	Shows the latest commits, given the specified number.
--since, --after*	Displays commits made after the specified date.
--until, --before*	Displays commits made before the specified date.
--author*	Displays commits for files with the specified author.
--committer*	Displays commits made by the specified committer, i.e. the user making the changes. The file author and the committer may be different users.
grep	Searches for and displays commits whose message or note contains the specified string.

Some restrictive flags have mandatory requirements to add the sign = after their name and the parameter by which we restrict the output of the commit history. These flags are marked in the table *.

Example . Displaying the latest commits

Let's print the last two commits to the console:

After executing the command we will see:

Example . List commits made after a given date

Let's print to the console the commits made after 11 September 2023:

After executing the command we will see:

Example . List commits made before a specified date

Now let's print to the console the commits made before 11 September 2023:

After executing the command we will see:

Example . List commits made by the specified author of the files

Let's print to the console all commits for files created by user 'user':

After executing the command we will see:

Example . Print commits made by the specified committer

Now let's print to the console all commits made by user 'root':

After executing the command we will see:

Example . Commit output, specified note

Let's print to the console all commits that contain the string 'text':

After executing the command we will see: