git log
Prints details of all commits reachable from HEAD
commit af7725caab2d197f07c72f6d9a4814d5d9ce9e53
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
commit 662b3caf91bbb8faf56ef7262615a8828b381be1
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:16 2016 +0530
Commit C
commit f46d0d9949274bba7f797a5b63bc004f291905b4
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:03 2016 +0530
Commit B
commit bbb738746b14e8e4ac09a443e9ac1c931ad61d07
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:00:29 2016 +0530
Commit A
git log --abbrev-commit
Prints details of all commits reachable from HEAD but it prints SHA of commit in abbreviated form
commit af7725c
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
commit 662b3ca
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:16 2016 +0530
Commit C
commit f46d0d9
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:03 2016 +0530
Commit B
commit bbb7387
Author: Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:00:29 2016 +0530
Commit A
git log --oneline
Print abbreviated SHA and commit msg summary in one line
af7725c Commit D
662b3ca Commit C
f46d0d9 Commit B
bbb7387 Commit A
git log -g
Print reflog formatted as git log
commit af7725caab2d197f07c72f6d9a4814d5d9ce9e53
Reflog: HEAD@{0} (Nitin Nizhawan )
Reflog message: checkout: moving from testBranch to master
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
commit 662b3caf91bbb8faf56ef7262615a8828b381be1
Reflog: HEAD@{1} (Nitin Nizhawan )
Reflog message: checkout: moving from master to testBranch
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:16 2016 +0530
Commit C
commit af7725caab2d197f07c72f6d9a4814d5d9ce9e53
Reflog: HEAD@{2} (Nitin Nizhawan )
Reflog message: reset: moving to af7725c
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
commit 662b3caf91bbb8faf56ef7262615a8828b381be1
Reflog: HEAD@{3} (Nitin Nizhawan )
Reflog message: reset: moving to HEAD^
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:16 2016 +0530
Commit C
commit af7725caab2d197f07c72f6d9a4814d5d9ce9e53
Reflog: HEAD@{4} (Nitin Nizhawan )
Reflog message: commit: Commit D
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
git log -g master
Print reflog in the format of git log for only master branch. Shows commits master has pointed to in you local workspace.
commit 20e9855e2b90ee6580c3b8db250dae0d9b18cff1
Reflog: master@{0} (Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>)
Reflog message: commit: Commit E
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sun Feb 28 11:54:30 2016 +0530
Commit E
commit af7725caab2d197f07c72f6d9a4814d5d9ce9e53
Reflog: master@{1} (Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>)
Reflog message: reset: moving to af7725c
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
commit 662b3caf91bbb8faf56ef7262615a8828b381be1
Reflog: master@{2} (Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>)
Reflog message: reset: moving to HEAD^
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:16 2016 +0530
Commit C
commit af7725caab2d197f07c72f6d9a4814d5d9ce9e53
Reflog: master@{3} (Nitin Nizhawan <abc@example.com>)
Reflog message: commit: Commit D
Author: Nitin Nizhawan
Date: Sat Feb 27 21:01:30 2016 +0530
Commit D
git log refA..refB
Print commits which are reachable from refB but not from refA
$$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
* 20e9855 Commit E
* af7725c Commit D
| * cb2e193 TestBranchB
| * ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
|/
* 662b3ca Commit C
* f46d0d9 Commit B
* bbb7387 Commit A
$$ git log --oneline master..testBranch
cb2e193 TestBranchB
ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
$$ git log --oneline testBranch..master
20e9855 Commit E
af7725c Commit D
git log refB --not refA
Print commits which are reachable from refB but not from refA
$$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
* 20e9855 Commit E
* af7725c Commit D
| * cb2e193 TestBranchB
| * ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
|/
* 662b3ca Commit C
* f46d0d9 Commit B
* bbb7387 Commit A
$$ git log --oneline testBranch --not master
cb2e193 TestBranchB
ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
$$ git log --oneline master --not testBranch
20e9855 Commit E
af7725c Commit D
git log ^refA refB
Print commits which are reachable from refB but not from refA
$$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
* 20e9855 Commit E
* af7725c Commit D
| * cb2e193 TestBranchB
| * ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
|/
* 662b3ca Commit C
* f46d0d9 Commit B
* bbb7387 Commit A
$$ git log --oneline ^master testBranch
cb2e193 TestBranchB
ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
$$ git log --oneline ^testBranch master
20e9855 Commit E
af7725c Commit D
git log refA...refB
Print commits which are reachable from refA or refB but not both
$$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
* 20e9855 Commit E
* af7725c Commit D
| * cb2e193 TestBranchB
| * ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
|/
* 662b3ca Commit C
* f46d0d9 Commit B
* bbb7387 Commit A
$$ git log --oneline master...testBranch
20e9855 Commit E
cb2e193 TestBranchB
ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
af7725c Commit D
$$ git log --oneline master...testBranch --left-right
< 20e9855 Commit E
> cb2e193 TestBranchB
> ac4148c Commit TestBranchA
< af7725c Commit D
git log --show-signature
Also show signature information
git log -Sterm
Search for commits which either removed or added "term" to the repo
git log -L {start_line_no},{end_line_no}:{filepath}
Search commits which modified lines starting from start_line_no to end_line_no in file filepath
git log -L /{start_regex}/,/{end_regex}/:{filepath}
Search commits which modified lines starting lines which match start_regex to line which match end_regex in file filepath