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=== log&mdash;Print out log information for files ===
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* Synopsis: log <nowiki>[</nowiki>options<nowiki>]</nowiki> <nowiki>[</nowiki>files&hellip;<nowiki>]</nowiki>

* Requires: repository, working directory.

* Changes: nothing.

Display log information for files.  <code>log</code> used to
call the <small>RCS</small> utility <code>rlog</code>.  Although this
is no longer true in the current sources, this history
determines the format of the output and the options,
which are not quite in the style of the other <small>CVS</small>
commands.

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The output includes the location of the <small>RCS</small> file,
the <em>head</em> revision (the latest revision on the
trunk), all symbolic names (tags) and some other
things.  For each revision, the revision number, the
author, the number of lines added/deleted and the log
message are printed.  All times are displayed in
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).  (Other parts of
<small>CVS</small> print times in the local timezone).

'''Note: <code>log</code> uses &lsquo;<code>-R</code>&rsquo; in a way that conflicts
with the normal use inside <small>CVS</small> (see [[cvs: Common command options#Common command options|Common options]]).'''

 [[cvs: log options#log options|&bull; log options]]::                 log options
 [[cvs: log examples#log examples|&bull; log examples]]::                log examples

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