Using Git, show all commits that exist *only* on one specific branch, and not *any* others

Question

Given a branch, I\'d like to see a list of commits that exist only on that branch. In this question we discuss ways to see which commits are on one branch

Answer 1

We just found this elegant solution

git log --first-parent --no-merges

In your example of course the initial commit still shows up.

this answer does not exactly answer the question, because the initial commit still shows up. On the other hand many people coming here seem to find the answer they are looking for.