How do I run git log to see changes only for a specific branch?

Question

I have a local branch tracking the remote/master branch. After running git-pull and git-log, the log will show all commits in the remote tracking b

Answer 1

Use:

git log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate  --first-parent 

It is only for the target branch (of course --graph, --abbrev-commit --decorate are more polishing).

The key option is --first-parent: "Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit" (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log)

It prevents the commit forks from being displayed.