How can I get a Git log from HEAD?

Question

I am originally an SVN user.

In Git, git log shows only the log from the current commit.

How can I get the log from HEAD?

Answer 1

To get log from server-side HEAD, you need to fetch changes from the server first. Unlike pull, fetch is not going to affect your working tree. So, it's safe.

1. git fetch origin

   Here origin is your remote repo. This command fetches the latest data from the remote repo.

2. git log origin\master

   Here origin\master implies master branch in the remote repo origin. This command shows log from origin\master.

Other useful git log options:

i) git log HEAD..origin\master

Show the commits that are in the "origin/master" branch but not yet in the "HEAD".

ii) git log -p HEAD..origin\master

Show the commits as a patch.

iii) git log -5

Shows the latest 5 commits.