file - Git log output to XML, JSON, or YAML?

Question

This is a pretty simple question: as a Git newbie I was wondering if there's a way for me to output my git log to a file, preferably in some kind of serialized format like XML, JSON, or YAML. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

to output to a file:

git log > filename.log

To specify a format, like you want everything on one line

git log --pretty=oneline >filename.log

or you want it a format to be emailed via a program like sendmail

git log --pretty=email |email-sending-script.sh

to generate JSON, YAML or XML it looks like you need to do something like:

git log --pretty=format:"%h%x09%an%x09%ad%x09%s"

This gist (not mine) perfectly formats output in JSON: https://gist.github.com/1306223

See also:

• http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Viewing-the-Commit-History
• Git how to save a preset git log --format
• How to parse the output of git log

Comments

JC now comes with a `git log` parser that converts the output of `git log` to JSON. It supports several output formats and `--stat` and `--shortstat` options.

https://kellyjonbrazil.github.io/jc/docs/parsers/git_log