Node.js Git Log

Read Git commit history from Node.js.

Installation

npm install --save git-log

Usage

import gitLog from 'git-log'

const commits = await gitLog()

console.log(commits[0].title)
//=> Upgrade to Node.js 10.x

console.log(commits[0].date)
//=> 2019-10-07T20:47:10.000Z

console.log(commits[0].body)
//=> This patch change the Node.js verison to...

console.log(commits[0].hash)
//=> e79b76217e03ba5b4e87182d07f855d9ff3e6d95

API

gitLog([options])

• options (object, optional)
  • merges (boolean, optional) - Wether or not to include commits with more than one parent.
  • range (string, optional) - Include only commits in the specified revision range. When no range is specified, it defaults to 'HEAD' (i.e. the whole history leading to the current commit).
  • repo (string, optional) - Path to the repository to read the log from. When no repo is specified, the current working dirtectory will be used.
  • path (string | string[], optional) - Path to a file or directory to limit results to specific changes. When no path is specified, the entire history of the project is returned.
• returns Promise<object[]> - List of commits
  • subject (string) - Subject of the commit
  • body (string) - Body of the commit
  • hash (string) - Hash of the commit
  • date (Date) - Committer date of the commit