Look up commit log for commit ID in Git

Question

I want to look at a commit by ID. For instance, I want to know the code that got committed for that ID, something like:

git log <commit_id>

And this would display the committed code and commit message that corresponds to this ID.

The `-p` can be useful here too. – John Szakmeister Nov 15 '12 at 15:40 — John Szakmeister, Nov 15 '12 at 15:40

score 181 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 22 '18 at 18:56

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git show <commit_id>

is the droid you are looking for, probably.

edited Feb 22 '18 at 18:56

Ry-

answered Nov 15 '12 at 13:52

Seth Robertson

How can I find the name of the branch in which is the commit I'm looking for? I can see just commit ID, Author, Date and diff of the commit. But I can't find the name of the branch where the commit can be found. – Vojta Aug 27 '18 at 13:07
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@Vojta: See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2706797/finding-what-branch-a-git-commit-came-from otherwise known as: `git branch --contains ` – Seth Robertson Aug 28 '18 at 17:44
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Actually you need to put two dashes after the commit id: `git show XXXX --` It is required to differentiate between a file and a commit ID. – Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica Oct 02 '18 at 14:11
This also shows the patch. So you have to to do `git show --no-patch` if you want to see the same look as `git log` – Noitidart Dec 08 '18 at 17:36

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 08 '18 at 17:36

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@SethRobertson's solution works for me but it shows a diff. I wanted to see it exactly like git log shows it. So add --no-patch:

git show <commit_id> --no-patch

answered Dec 08 '18 at 17:36

Noitidart

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