Log

In Git, the log command is used to track a branch’s commit history. After running, it will display project-related information, such as a detailed commit history, which can be used as a reference to go back in time to a previous version of the project.

Example

Below is a short example of how the git log command works. Running git log will show a list of all previous commits on the current branch:

$ git log

On current branch

commit   f5b5bd8f9eaa443d4020cbe918x742e7ddd22000
Author : John Doe <[email protected]>
Date: Mon May 22 14:21:03 2023 -0400.

The example log above shows the different elements that make up a commit, but the most useful is the git hash (f5b5bd8f9eaa443d4020cbe918x742e7ddd22000), which can be used to revert our commit changes using the git revert command.