From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:32:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Getting the "message" given a branch designation and conversely
Message-ID: <4B56CDE3883A4341994E6382DF68C438@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <201608141458.u7EEwF8P099500@shell1.rawbw.com>

From: <norm@dad.org>
>I am learning how to use git. I would like to know how:
>
> Given a branch's designation, such as "master~4", how can I see the 
> message I
> furnished when I created the branch using "git commit"?
>
> Conversely, given the message I furnished to "git commit", when I created 
> a
> branch, how can I see the branch's designation?
>
> Context:
>
>    Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation release 6.8
>
>    git version: 1.7.1
>
> Thank you, very much.
>
>    Norman Shapiro
> --

Norman,

To see the commit message try 'git log'. You will need a revision range, so 
try 'git help revisions' to set a guide about all the different ways you can 
spell that. While at it, it's worth 'git help glossary' just to understand 
some of the terminology.

--
Philip
'git log HEAD~4^!'