git rev-list
List revisions (commits) in reverse chronological order. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-list.
- List all commits on the current branch:
git rev-list {{HEAD}}
- Print the latest commit that changed (add/edit/remove) a specific file on the current branch:
git rev-list {{-n|--max-count}} 1 HEAD -- {{path/to/file}}
- List commits more recent than a specific date, on a specific branch:
git rev-list --since "{{2019-12-01 00:00:00}}" {{branch_name}}
- List all merge commits on a specific commit:
git rev-list --merges {{commit}}
- Print the number of commits since a specific tag:
git rev-list {{tag_name}}..HEAD --count