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

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