How to show git log with commit numbers?

Question

I found an example on how to delete a commit but it includes git log in the following format

Number  Hash    Commit Message  Author
1   2c6a45b (HEAD) Adding public method to access protected method  Tom
2   ae45fab Updates to database interface   Contractor 1
3   77b9b82 Improving database interface    Contractor 2
4   3c9093c Merged develop branch into master   Tom
5   b3d92c5 Adding new Event CMS Module Paul
6   7feddbb Adding CMS class and files  Tom
7   a809379 Adding project to Git   Tom

When I issue the git log command I'm getting log in another format and without the numbers (which are required by the task).

How to get git log with numbers?

Answer 1

You could combine the nl command with git log --oneline to enumerate output lines. It's far from ideal but if you are just looking for the line numbers:

$ git log --oneline | nl
 1  91236f3 Message
 2  a611069 Message
 3  f2813e7 Message
 4  01b59e4 Message
 5  2343455 Message