What does "git log -1" do?

Question

What does the -1 in git log -1 do?

I looked through the git log documentation but could not find any supporting documentation about this argument with git 2.16.2.

Answer 1

This returns the most recent commit on a branch.

You won't find -1 in the documentation, but you will find "-<number>":

-<number>
-n <number>
--max-count=<number>
Limit the number of commits to output.