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How to See Commit History in GitHub

While you can check your commit history with Terminal easily enough using the "git log" command, checking it visually through GitHub is a little different. Let's get to it.

IT & Engineering
4 steps 2 min Community template
1

Click the Repositories tab

Click the Repositories tab in the profile navigation menu to view your repositories.

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Click the Repositories tab
2

Click the my-site link

Click the "my-site" link in the repository's file list to view its contents.

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Click the my-site link
3

Select History in the upper right corner of the window that appears next.

Select History in the upper right corner of the window that appears next.

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Select History in the upper right corner of the window that appears next.
4

From here, you get a bird's eye view of your commit history on GitHub.

From here, you get a bird's eye view of your commit history on GitHub.

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From here, you get a bird's eye view of your commit history on GitHub.

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