Using Git show all commits that are in one branch but not the other s

Question

I have an old branch  which I would like to delete  However  before doing so  I want to check that all commits made to this branch were at some point merged into some other branch  Thus  I d like to see all commits made to my current branch which have not been applied to any other branch  or  if this is not possible without some scripting  how does one see all commits in one branch which have not been applied to another given branch

User · Answer

For those still looking for a simple answer, check out git cherry. It compares actual diffs instead of commit hashes. That means it accommodates commits that have been cherry picked or rebased.

First checkout the branch you want to delete:

git checkout [branch-to-delete]

then use git cherry to compare it to your main development branch:

git cherry -v master

Example output:

+ 8a14709d08c99c36e907e47f9c4dacebeff46ecb Commit message
+ b30ccc3fb38d3d64c5fef079a761c7e0a5c7da81 Another commit message
- 85867e38712de930864c5edb7856342e1358b2a0 Yet another message

Note: The -v flag is to include the commit message along with the SHA hash.

Lines with the '+' in front are in the branch-to-delete, but not the master branch. Those with a '-' in front have an equivalent commit in master.

For JUST the commits that aren't in master, combine cherry pick with grep:

git cherry -v master | grep "^\+"

Example output:

+ 8a14709d08c99c36e907e47f9c4dacebeff46ecb Commit message
+ b30ccc3fb38d3d64c5fef079a761c7e0a5c7da81 Another commit message

User · Answer

Just use git cherry to pick all commits in the branch newFeature42 for example   git cherry -v master newFeature42

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To see a list of which commits are on one branch but not another  use git log   git log --no-merges oldbranch  newbranch      that is  show commit logs for all commits on oldbranch that are not on newbranch   You can list multiple branches to include and exclude  e g   git log  --no-merges oldbranch1 oldbranch2  newbranch1  newbranch2   Note  on Windows   is an escape key  so it needs to be escaped with another      git log --no-merges oldbranch   newbranch

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I d like to count the commits too  so here s how to do that  Count how many commits are on the current branch  HEAD   but NOT on master  git log --oneline  master HEAD   wc -l  wc -l means  quot word count quot --count the number of  l ines  And of course to see the whole log messages  as other answers have given  git log  master HEAD     or in a condensed --oneline form  git log --oneline  master HEAD  If you don t want to count merge commits either  you can exclude those with --no-merges  git log --oneline --no-merges  master HEAD   wc -l  etc

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Start to Create a Pull Request via the git hosting service you re using  If the branch has been fully merged into the base branch  you ll be unable to create the new PR   You don t need to actually make the pull request  just use the first step where you pick branches   For example  on GitHub      There isn t anything to compare     This doesn t use git on the command line  but I often find it s helpful to use the other tools at your disposal with a clear mental model rather than attempt to remember another arcane git command

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jimmyorr s answer does not work on Windows  it helps to use --not instead of   like so   git log oldbranch --not newbranch --no-merges

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You can use this simple script to see commits that are not merged     bin bash   Show commits that exists only on branch and not in current   Usage      git branch-notmerge  lt branchname gt      Setup git alias     git config alias branch-notmerge  path to this script  grep -Fvf  lt  git log --pretty format   H -  s    lt  git log  1 --pretty format   H -  s     You can use also tool git-wtf that will display state of branches

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Show commits and commit contents from other-branch that are not in your current branch  git show    other-branch  Additionally you can apply the commits from other-branch directly to your current branch  git cherry-pick    other-branch

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To show the commits in oldbranch but not in newbranch   git log newbranch  oldbranch   To show the diff by these commits  note there are three dots    git diff newbranch   oldbranch   Here is the doc with a diagram illustration https   git-scm com book en v2 Git-Tools-Revision-Selection Commit-Ranges

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While some of the answers posted here will help find what you seek  the following sub-command of git branch is a more suitable solution for your task     --merged is used to find all branches which can be safely deleted  since those branches are fully contained by HEAD   While in master one could run the command to enumerate the branches one could safely remove  like so   git branch --merged   develop   fpg download links   master   master merge static    Delete local and remote tracking branches you don t want git branch -d fpg download links git push origin  fpg download links git branch -d master merge static git push origin  master merge static    There is also a flag to specify remote branches in the output git branch --remotes --merged

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You probably just want  git branch --contains branch-to-delete   This will list all branches which contain the commits from  branch-to-delete   If it reports more than just  branch-to-delete   the branch has been merged   Your alternatives are really just rev-list syntax things   e g   git log one-branch  another-branch shows everything that one-branch needs to have everything another-branch has   You may also be interested in git show-branch as a way to see what s where

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If it is one  single  branch that you need to check  for example if you want that branch  B  is fully merged into branch  A   you can simply do the following     git checkout A   git branch -d B   git branch -d  lt branchname gt  has the safety that  The branch must be fully merged in HEAD    Caution  this actually deletes the branch B if it is merged into A

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