viewing-push-logs.md

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Viewing push logs	Site administrators can view a list of Git push operations for any repository on the enterprise.	/enterprise/admin/articles/viewing-push-logs /enterprise/admin/installation/viewing-push-logs /enterprise/admin/user-management/viewing-push-logs /admin/user-management/viewing-push-logs /admin/user-management/monitoring-activity-in-your-enterprise/viewing-push-logs /admin/monitoring-activity-in-your-enterprise/exploring-user-activity/viewing-push-logs	ghes *	how_to	Auditing Enterprise Git Logging

Push log entries show:

• Who initiated the push
• Whether it was a force push or not
• The branch someone pushed to
• The protocol used to push
• The originating IP address
• The Git client used to push
• The SHA hashes from before and after the operation

{% ifversion repository-activity-view %} {% data reusables.repositories.activity-view %} For more information, see AUTOTITLE. {% endif %}

Viewing a repository's push logs

1. Sign into {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} as a site administrator.
2. Navigate to a repository.
3. In the upper-right corner of the repository's page, click {% octicon "rocket" aria-label="Site admin" %}. {% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.security-tab %}
4. In the left sidebar, click Push Log.

{% ifversion ghes %}

Viewing a repository's push logs on the command-line

{% data reusables.enterprise_installation.ssh-into-instance %}

1. In the appropriate Git repository, open the audit log file:

   ghe-repo OWNER/REPOSITORY -c "cat audit_log"

{% endif %}