Git Log Oneline Command Examples

To check our commit history on a Repository within Git, we use the git log command. When using this command we scroll through the commit log within our Terminal by hitting the Enter key, and then we need to hit q on our keyboard to exit reading the git log.

This post is to demo the --online parameter that can be added to the git log statement. Adding this parameter to the git log command will return a condensed commit log history so its easier for us to read it.

Git Log Oneline Examples

Adding –oneline to the git log command condenses the commit log history output.

# Show git log in one line
git log --oneline

Show a Set Number of Commits

We can pass in a line number parameter for it to return a specific number of commits.

# show most recent 2 commits
git log -2

# show most recent 5 commits on one line
git log -5 --oneline

More Git Tips

For more info on the git log command, check out my other posts:
– Git Log Command Examples
– Git Log (Author) Command Example
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