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