How to show "new" commits in git

Question

I do

git pull

to get new commits from remote and merge them with my local branch.

How can I list the commits that "just came in" ?

Answer 1

You can use this:

git log @{1}..

This is the same as

git log currentbranch@{1}..currentbranch

where the @{1} notation means "the commit the branch pointed to just before it last got updated".

This shows you exactly the commits that got merged.