git show

Show various types of git objects (commits, tags, etc.).

• Show information about the latest commit (message, changes, and other metadata):

git show

• Show information about a given commit:

git show {{commit}}

• Show information about the commit associated with a given tag:

git show {{tag}}

• Show information about the 3rd commit from the tip of a branch:

git show {{branch}}~{{3}}

• Show a commit's hash and message in a single line, suppressing the diff output:

git show --oneline -s {{commit}}