Command to get latest Git commit hash from a branch

Question

How can I check with the command line the latest commit hash of a particular Git branch?

Answer 1

Try using git log -n 1 after doing a git checkout branchname. This shows the commit hash, author, date and commit message for the latest commit.

Perform a git pull origin/branchname first, to make sure your local repo matches upstream.

If perhaps you would only like to see a list of the commits your local branch is behind on the remote branch do this:

git fetch origin
git cherry localbranch remotebranch

This will list all the hashes of the commits that you have not yet merged into your local branch.