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user3472065
user3472065

Reputation: 1399

In git, obtain commits using git log with path

I would like to obtain the last 10 commits using git log specifying the path of my repository. I used the option -path but I have "is outside repository" error

 git log --no-merges -10 -p /home/my_folder/git/repo

 fatal: /home/my_folder/git/repo: '/home/my_folder/git/repo' is outside repository

The comand is running for example in the folder /home

Upvotes: 9

Views: 5157

Answers (2)

ifma
ifma

Reputation: 3818

It's worth noting that the -C flag for git log only appeared starting from git 1.8.5 and up https://git-scm.com/docs/git/1.8.5

For older versions of git here are your options:

1.Manually move to the directory:

cd /home/my_folder/git/repo && git log --no-merges -10 && cd -

2.Specify the --git-dir parameter:

git --git-dir /home/my_folder/git/repo/.git log --no-merges -10

Upvotes: 1

Sven Marnach
Sven Marnach

Reputation: 602575

Git assumes that the current working directory is inside the repository you want to operate on. When running a git command from outside the repository directory hierarchy, you can use the global -C option to git to specify which repository to use:

git -C /home/my_folder/git/repo log --no-merges -10 -p

Usually it's probably easier to simply cd to your repository before running git commands.

Upvotes: 17

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