Cannot see branch history on github

Question

I am new to Git and Github. I am using terminal to use git commands. So, I create a repository on Github. I clone it on my local machine. Then, if I create a branch using git command, I can see that I am switching branch. I am able to edit the code in that branch and I am able to merge the branch to master branch as well.

When I check on Github, I don't see any history of the branches that I have made and all the changes that I make in other branches and merge them to master, they still are portrayed as a single change made on the master branch on Github when I push the code.

I would like to know how my changes in branch and merging can be reflected in Github and some relevant resource about this will be helpful.

Answer 1

You can check the commit as graph in github by below steps:

Insights page -> Network tab.

All of your branches of the github repo will show as graph, and you can find the relation and actions between branches by the graph.

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For fast-forward merge:

If your commit history looks as below:

...---A---B---C   master 
               \
                D---E  somebranch

Since there have been no new changes on master branch, when you merge somebranch into master (git merge somebranch), master branch will point to the commit E same as somebranch point:

...---A---B---C---D---E   master, somebranch