Git log: filter by commit's author date

Question

I have such a commit

commit 8a183536da1641afa6bd5a27ae391b387b7cd052 Author:     hidden AuthorDate: Fri Sep 7 10:13:59 2012 Commit:     hidden CommitDate: Fri Dec 7 17:29:24 2012 

I want to filter the log and show the commit by AuthorDate.

I tried --since & --until options, but it actually filter the CommitDate.

That means I can only get the commit by

git log --since='2012-12-01' --until='2012-12-10' 

If I want to get the commit filter by start_date '2012-09-01' and end_date '2012-09-10'

Any tips?

Answer 1

git log --format=format:"%ai %aE %s" 

and then grep by AuthorName and/or date!

Answer 2

I'm afraid you need to do some scripting:

git log --format="%ad %H" --date=iso | sort | ruby -ane 'date = $F[0] ; hash = $F[3] ; puts hash if ("2013-08-23".."2013-09-26").cover?(date)' 

gave to me:

 3eddb854eaea971e9a60147153f0f3c9be4f1a5a dfeefd4715c4fddef0957c5aff238c525bb1def6 db654badb97f3784286171d4645e9face6a42865 62cdba07e6ae0cd28752491a83f584d3e18a5619 7643a0458a54200f8944583d66c089d63c1bf688 23b720852a36e959d0f45f9d11f05d4aa7ee0cb9 f729ec9c5bf37ee0284a8db47cbc79a0b53145bb bc2d647ae86fbff1246ba163a5a99d25ed2f3523 a0752b3cbae39698449be953153ddaafe35c054c 8e88fffc75cbdda333c86cb4f5eb9b5b30263c27 

Unfortunately, git log 3eddb854eaea971e9a60147153f0f3c9be4f1a5a..8e88fffc75cbdda333c86cb4f5eb9b5b30263c27 is not guaranteed to work because those commits may be in different branches.

Let's explain what I did:

1. --format="%ad %H" – format log as author_date commit_hash lines
2. --date=iso – dates in YY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS format
3. sort – Unix command which sorts lines alphabetically; it's suitable to sort dates in ISO format
4. ruby -ane – execute ruby script. -n means execute for every line, -a split those lines and put fields into $F array, -e precises script to execute
5. ("2011-02-23".."2011-02-26").cover?(date) – create range from two strings and check if date fits it inclusively (in the meaning of alphabetical order, we were not parsing those dates)

I have no idea what to do next (to give you nicer log), but glad to move you to this point.