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 just found out a workaround with shell by retrieving the previous command.

Press Ctrl-R to bring up reverse search command:

reverse-i-search

Then start typing git commit -m, this will add this as search command, and this brings the previous git commit with its message:

reverse-i-search`git commit -m`: git commit -m "message"

Enter. That's it!

(tested in Ubuntu shell)