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Call TortoiseGit's 'show log' by commandline

When entering a git-directory through the commandline in Windows I want a commandline which shows me the Tortoisegit's show log GUI.

So I want to avoid the open explorer->go to folder-click right->etc. thing, but I still want the nice looking show log graph of Tortoisegit.

How do I perform this in the cmd?

Solution

  • When you are in command line interface (assume the PATH is good), just use:

    TortoiseGitProc /command:log

    otherwise,

    TortoiseGitProc /command:log /path:"the\path\you\want\to\open\log"

    cf. TortoiseGit Manual - Appendix D. Automating TortoiseGit

    For getting the exact command argument, go to TortoiseGit -> Settings -> Advanced tree node -> set Option "Debug" value to true.

    Then open the log via normal way, you will get extra message dialog. Something like:

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    Then use Ctrl + C to copy the whole message, and paste it to somewhere, ex: notepad, and reuse the command line.

    (BTW, you can easily ignore the /hwnd argument.)