Git log to get commits only for a specific branch

Question

I want to list all commits that are only part of a specific branch.

With the following, it lists all the commits from the branch, but also from the parent (master)

Answer 1

Fast answer:

git log $(git merge-base master b2)..HEAD

Let's say:

1. That you have a master branch

2. Do a few commits

3. You created a branch named b2

4. Do git log -n1; the commit Id is the merge base between b2 and master

5. Do a few commits in b2

6. git log will show your log history of b2 and master

7. Use commit range, if you aren't familiar with the concept, I invite you to google it or stack overflow-it,

   For your actual context, you can do for example

   git log commitID_FOO..comitID_BAR
   

   The ".." is the range operator for the log command.

   That mean, in a simple form, give me all logs more recent than commitID_FOO...

8. Look at point #4, the merge base

   So: git log COMMITID_mergeBASE..HEAD will show you the difference

9. Git can retrieve the merge base for you like this

   git merge-base b2 master
   

10. Finally you can do:

    git log $(git merge-base master b2)..HEAD