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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:

> $ git pull . stuff
> # Notice that the diffstat is exciting
> # What did I just get?
> $ git log master@{5 minutes ago}..master
>
> This is about the only easy way to find out that the fast-forward you just 
> did included merging a line which contains a commit from several weeks 
> ago. (Because the "before" state isn't easily accessible for a 
> fast-forward, and the date of the old commit puts it way back in a 
> date-ordered log.)

Did you forget about "git log ORIG_HEAD.."?