Display last git commit comment

Question

Often during a commit ($ git -commit -m \"\"), I wish to read my last comment to remember what progress I have made. Is there an easy way to directly access the

Answer 1

I did this

git reflog -1 | sed 's/^.*: //'

Answer 2

If you want to see just the subject (first line) of the commit message:

git log -1 --format=%s

This was not previously documented in any answer. Alternatively, the approach by nos also shows it.

Reference:

• git log - emsem

Answer 3

To start with git log -1 --pretty='%s'

But the below one covers all the cases,

git log --pretty='format:%Creset%s' --no-merges -1

• No unwanted white spaces
• Discards merge commits
• No commit id, date, Displays only the messages.

Paste & see for yourself

Answer 4

git show

is the fastest to type, but shows you the diff as well.

git log -1

is fast and simple.

git log -1 --pretty=%B

if you need just the commit message and nothing else.