GitHub Commits and Command 'git log'

Dated: March 2021

$ git log

commit b...9 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Author: unknown <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Sun Nov 1 14:00:25 2020 +0530

    cmt

commit 4...1
Author: unknown <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 29 22:57:00 2020 +0530

    cmt

commit 4...2
Author: abc <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 28 19:15:29 2020 +0530

    Add files via upload

commit 7...e
Author: unknown <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 27 22:29:20 2020 +0530

    cmt

commit b...f
Author: abc <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 27 22:26:23 2020 +0530

    Initial commit

On the "github.com", you can view your commits at a URL for your profile and repository such as one given below:

https://github.com/${myUsername}/${myRepoName}/commits/main




Command "git log" also shows some differing output for local and pushed commits.

$ git status

On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
	deleted:    Books (Feb)/Introductory statistics Part1 Descriptive Statistics.tgz

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

See these in 'git log' output below: 
(HEAD -> main) OR (origin/main, origin/HEAD) OR (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD)

$ git log

commit d...2 (HEAD -> main)
Author: ashish <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 15 10:19:42 2021 +0530

    cmt 1019

commit c...c (origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Author: ashish <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 15 10:16:59 2021 +0530

    cmt 1016

commit 3...b
Author: ashish <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 15 10:15:51 2021 +0530

    cmt 1015

When there are no local commits:

$ git log

commit c5...c (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Author: ashish <abc@xyz.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 15 10:16:59 2021 +0530

    cmt 1016



And the various options / flags and customizations to "git log" output

Dated: August 2026

Current Directory: ~/Downloads/gh/private/some_repo (main)

$ git log -3

commit 659fbe040e73948ca82948446c0acb9bb75732c2 (HEAD -> main)
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Thu Aug 13 22:55:34 2026 +0530

    Test Run

commit 8cd01551f32a910bef995e06af95ef1c4141385d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:35:03 2026 +0530

    Update 1H.ipynb

commit 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:33:11 2026 +0530

    Adapted to Windows

$ git log --since=2026-08-10 -3

commit 659fbe040e73948ca82948446c0acb9bb75732c2 (HEAD -> main)
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Thu Aug 13 22:55:34 2026 +0530

    Test Run

commit 8cd01551f32a910bef995e06af95ef1c4141385d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:35:03 2026 +0530

    Update 1H.ipynb

commit 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:33:11 2026 +0530

    Adapted to Windows

$ git log --until="3 days ago" -3

commit 8cd01551f32a910bef995e06af95ef1c4141385d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:35:03 2026 +0530

    Update 1H.ipynb

commit 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:33:11 2026 +0530

    Adapted to Windows

commit 326fb6c61a97d8bd108a8374e2a3c5a4cb484a54
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 10:36:19 2026 +0530

    Updates: using .env file and rotating db files

$ git log --author="Ashish" -3

commit 659fbe040e73948ca82948446c0acb9bb75732c2 (HEAD -> main)
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Thu Aug 13 22:55:34 2026 +0530

    Test Run

commit 8cd01551f32a910bef995e06af95ef1c4141385d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:35:03 2026 +0530

    Update 1H.ipynb

commit 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:33:11 2026 +0530

    Adapted to Windows

$ git log --grep="Initial"

commit 3c521ad6de447f183569289c1c4c29e155d93013
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Wed Jul 9 20:23:38 2025 +0530

    Initial commit

$ git log -3 "experiment 1"

commit 659fbe040e73948ca82948446c0acb9bb75732c2 (HEAD -> main)
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Thu Aug 13 22:55:34 2026 +0530

    Test Run

commit 8cd01551f32a910bef995e06af95ef1c4141385d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:35:03 2026 +0530

    Update 1H.ipynb

commit 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:33:11 2026 +0530

    Adapted to Windows

$ git log 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12..HEAD
# EXCUSIVE OF: 776e18cd452f2522a5f6c4a2b6b25537adc04f12
# UP TILL: HEAD

commit 659fbe040e73948ca82948446c0acb9bb75732c2 (HEAD -> main)
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Thu Aug 13 22:55:34 2026 +0530

    Test Run

commit 8cd01551f32a910bef995e06af95ef1c4141385d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Tue Aug 11 11:35:03 2026 +0530

    Update 1H.ipynb

~/Downloads/gh/private/s8_code (main)
$ git log -3 --stat

commit e939e43ce2610cbed4fbc360aab06d802ab6e0a2 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Mon Aug 3 20:59:23 2026 +0530

    #

 extract_audio_mp3_from_mp4_files.py | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

commit 50fa539ee4d2a1dd68136c5ab53a8bdba7326ed9
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Fri Jul 31 18:10:38 2026 +0530

    #

 ..._report_2026-05.js => script_to_scrape_flocareer_report_2026-07-15.js} | 0
 ..._report_2026-07.js => script_to_scrape_flocareer_report_2026-07-31.js} | 0
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

commit 82e32d8345b55dd928ef972a01d914afcf49527d
Author: Ashish Jain 
Date:   Fri Jul 31 18:01:37 2026 +0530

    #

 ...> script_to_scrape_flocareer_report_2026-05.js} |  0
 .../script_to_scrape_flocareer_report_2026-07.js   | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

$ git log --oneline

f1101ca (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) #
5c441a0 #
e943b23 #
62041de #
fe780f6 #
f5d1da8 #
6b84fca #
d660cc1 #
037a0ff Initial commit

 ~/Downloads/gh/private/s8_code (main)
$ git log --graph --all --oneline --decorate

* e939e43 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) #
* 50fa539 #
* 82e32d8 #
* 3aea992 #
* 122cac9 #
* 73ade1a #
* ee2202d #
* dabbdc2 #
*   dda7d36 Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/ashishjain1547/s8_code 20260606
|\  
| * 9ebe92c exec script
* | f5119be #
|/  
* 9124bcd #
* 055ef4d #
* 7e16d7a #
* 7632142 #
* dbf3f4c #
* 75c6987 #
* 6de4e94 #
* 568b07e #
* 94e41ea #
* 8f24d4b #
* 31939b1 #
* f9280b8 #
* 187d20c #
* 550e0ce #
* dec014b #
* 0c5a175 #
* 78d2dce #
* 449632f #
* 1625d59 #
* 5ef5382 Initial commit

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