How do I show just the names and commit titles since a tag in Git?

Question

I\'m trying to use tags for release management in Git—I create a tag for each release. I\'d like to be able to create release notes by listing the comment titles for every commi

Answer 1

You should look into git shortlog. Here's an example of the output:

$ git shortlog
Al Jones (512):
      Added to .gitignore file
      Updated user model

Bob Smith (222):
      Minor tweak to view
      Updated accounts controller

Charles West (321):
      Started specs for user model
      Finished specs for user model

For your case you would want to run git shortlog LastRelease..NextRelease