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Reflog vs Log

To view the log is to view the commit history.

$ git log --oneline
$ git log --pretty=oneline
$ git log --graph --all --oneline

log is a public accounting of the repository's commit history while the reflog is a private, workspace-specific accounting of the repo's local commits.

Reflog

The reflog is a file found in .git\logs\refs\heads that tracks the history of local commits for a given branch and excludes any commits that were potentially pruned away through Git garbage collection routines.

$ git reflog

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Last update: May 6, 2024