Quick summary
The GitHub commit history feature lets developers browse every change made to a repository, showing the commit message, author, date, and unique hash. You can filter commits by user, date range, or branch to quickly trace when and why specific changes were made.
Steps
- Go to the repository where you want to view the commit history.
- On the repository's main page, find the Commits section located above the file list next to the branch selector, then click on it.
- Review the list of all commits displayed in reverse chronological order, from newest to oldest.
- Examine each commit entry, which shows the commit message, author, date, and unique commit hash.
- Use the Users filter to view commits made by a specific contributor.
- Set a date range to filter and view commits from a specific time period.
- Switch between branches and tags to view the commit history for different versions of the repository.
