---
topic: history-inspection
source_keys:
  - git-scm-bisect-docs
  - git-scm-log-docs
  - git-scm-diff-docs
---

## git-scm-bisect-docs

Git bisect documentation covering binary search through commit history to find the commit that introduced a bug. Includes manual flow, automated mode with exit codes, skip patterns, and visualization options.

- **Research doc:** plugins/git/docs/research/docs/git/history-inspection.md
- **Doc heading:** `## git bisect`
- **Contributing files:** SKILL.md, references/bisect.md

## git-scm-log-docs

Git log documentation covering format presets, custom format placeholders (commit identity, author, committer, message, refs, GPG signature), pickaxe search (`-S` and `-G`), `--follow` for file renames, `--diff-filter`, and line-range history (`-L`).

- **Research doc:** plugins/git/docs/research/docs/git/history-inspection.md
- **Doc heading:** `## git log — Format and Filtering`
- **Contributing files:** SKILL.md, references/git-log-format.md

## git-scm-diff-docs

Git diff documentation covering output control (--stat, --name-only, --name-status, --word-diff) and whitespace handling flags.

- **Research doc:** plugins/git/docs/research/docs/git/history-inspection.md
- **Doc heading:** `## git diff — Output Control`
- **Contributing files:** SKILL.md, references/git-log-format.md