How to output git log with the first line only?

You can achieve this by using the git log command with additional parameters to display only the first line of the Git log. Specifically, you can use the -n parameter to limit the number of log entries output. For example, to view the most recent commit, you can use the following command:

bash
git log -1

Here, -1 specifies that only the most recent entry should be displayed. If you want more detailed output, you can combine it with other parameters, such as --pretty=format:"%h - %an, %ar : %s" to customize the output format, which includes the commit hash, author name, commit date, and commit message. The command would be:

bash
git log -1 --pretty=format:"%h - %an, %ar : %s"

This will produce a concise single-line log entry containing key information, which is very useful for quickly retrieving the latest commit details in daily work.