Git Version: Version: 2.14.2 When reversing a range in git log, it does not start from the expected commit: $ git show 8e11b4a41ec21e47fb0bf8b76e1edba739f57a9b commit 8e11b4a41ec21e47fb0bf8b76e1edba739f57a9b Author: Some Name <SomeName@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Nov 3 19:01:53 2014 +0000 . . . $ git show Author: Some Other Name <SomeOtherName@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed May 16 16:49:10 2018 +0000 . . . $ git log --reverse 8e11b4a41ec21e47fb0bf8b76e1edba739f57a9b..HEAD commit b4cfdb39f75070f143cdc2c4fbb98f4c6ee94260 Author: Another Name <AnotherName@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Apr 29 22:16:32 2013 +0000 Some Commit message commit 6e6d5cd2a07985ae647fc19e7404ce1edf908949 Author: Yet Another Name <YetAnotherName@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Apr 29 22:35:00 2013 +0000 Some other Commit message . . . As you can see, the first commit is way off of the provided hash Mehdi