Run git log from different directory

Question

I want to start git-bash.exe, and run git log from different directory.

I tried something like this:

"C:/Program Files/Git/git-bash.exe" log -- C:\repos\foo

and this

"C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe" --cd=C:\repos\foo log

But none of theese works. Any ideas?

Would the [`--relative` flag](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log#Documentation/git-log.txt---relativeltpathgt) help? — evolutionxbox, Feb 18 '20 at 15:28
@evolutionxbox tried `"C:/Program Files/Git/git-bash.exe" --relative="C:/repos/foo"` but not working — dafie, Feb 18 '20 at 15:36
@evolutionxbox the problem is that git-bash window is closing after its being opened — dafie, Feb 18 '20 at 15:37
Git-bash is a terminal which emulates BASH. It's not git itself. — evolutionxbox, Feb 18 '20 at 15:40
git-bash just starts an interactive bash environment. Why not using just git directly: `"c:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" -C aaa log` — Serge, Feb 18 '20 at 15:53
@Serge I got error: `bash: C:\repos\foo: Is a directory` `/usr/bin/bash: Exit 126.` — dafie, Feb 19 '20 at 09:16

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-19T09:21:54.010

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I just tested, in a regular CMD session (no bash):

git -C C:\path\to\repo log

It does work just fine, using the -C option I presented here, introduced in Git 1.8.5 (Q4 2013).

edited Feb 19 '20 at 09:21

answered Feb 19 '20 at 05:50

VonC

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