How do I run git log to see changes only for a specific branch?

git branch git-branch git-log
Highway of Life picture Highway of Life · Jan 10, 2011 · Viewed 296.2k times · Source

I have a local branch tracking the remote/master branch. After running git-pull and git-log, the log will show all commits in the remote tracking branch as well as the current branch. However, because there were so many changes made to the remote branch, I need to see just the commits made to the current local branch.

What would be the Git command to use to only show commits for a specific branch?

Notes:

Configuration information:

[branch "my-branch"]
  remote = origin
  merge = refs/heads/master

Answer

Wayne Conrad picture Wayne Conrad · Jan 10, 2011

Assuming that your branch was created off of master, then while in the branch (that is, you have the branch checked out):

git cherry -v master

or

git log master..

If you are not in the branch, then you can add the branch name to the "git log" command, like this:

git log master..branchname

If your branch was made off of origin/master, then say origin/master instead of master.

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