Use git log to see the last ‘n’ commit messages
Doing a regular git log shows all the log messages until the terminal buffer is full. Sometimes thats not enough, but other times its just too much. What if you only wanted to see...
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Search git commit messages for a word
You always want to write meaningful commit messages that help you figure out things later. Sometimes I use start my commit message with the string ‘wip’ which stands for work in progress and to...
Count your git commits locally
Ever wondered how many commits you have made in your repository? Of course you can always upload to github and see the commits but why upload when you can see it locally. This is...
List all the git commits made by a contributor
When you collaborate with a lot of people, you might want to see the list of commits made by a certain person. And here’s how you would do that git log –author=authorName