As Junio mentioned, "A..B" means all commits reachable from B except those reachable from A. Understanding this is just a way to say "B --not A" is important to know you can take advantage of: `--boundary` Output excluded boundary commits. Boundary commits are prefixed with -. In other words, git log --boundary <older hash>..<newer hash> should give you exactly what you asked with the small caveat it marks excluded commits differently. Cheers, Rafael Ascensão