Get a list of all git commits, including the 'lost' ones

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Amadan picture Amadan · Jan 24, 2011 · Viewed 195k times · Source

Let's say that I have a graph like this:

A---B---C---D (master)
     \
      \-E---F (HEAD)

If I do git log --all --oneline, I will get all six of my commits.

But if the graph is

A---B---C---D (master, HEAD)
     \
      \-E---F

I will not see E and F. Can I get git to tell me all the commits, including those on branches which are not named?

Thanks

Answer

kenorb picture kenorb · Dec 31, 2015

Try:

git log --reflog

which lists all git commits by pretending that all objects mentioned by reflogs (git reflog) are listed on the command line as <commit>.

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