git rev-list

List revisions (commits) in reverse chronological order. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-list.

• List all commits on the current branch:

git rev-list HEAD

• Print the latest commit that changed (add/edit/remove) a specific file on the current branch:

git rev-list -n|--max-count 1 HEAD -- path/to/file

• List commits more recent than a specific date, on a specific branch:

git rev-list --since "2019-12-01 00:00:00" branch_name

• List all merge commits on a specific commit:

git rev-list --merges commit

• Print the number of commits since a specific tag:

git rev-list tag_name..HEAD --count