Re: How to exclude tagged commits from git log <revision-range>?

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2025, 21:26 UTC
Message-ID: <0595f247-745f-4d57-9d20-4c2065b6c902@intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGJzqskFuQqLHgFk97S9uaBB=iW2Ni=NWokHJzMV5rYGsCOG4g@mail.gmail.com>

On 6/25/2025 1:30 PM, M Hickford wrote:

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> Hi. Is it possible to exclude tagged commits from a revision range?
> 
> I tried
> 
>      git log --exclude=ref/tags/v* v2.3.0..v2.4.0
> 
> but this didn't exclude any commits.
> 
> An inelegant workaround is:
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>      git log --oneline --decorate v2.3.0..v2.4.0 | grep --invert-match "tag: v"
>

What is your actual end goal with this git log? Why do you want to not see tag commits?

I think your "inelegant" solution may be the only way to get what you want.