Hi I am an occasionally git user and am very used to local revision numbers mercurial provides in its log command. I don't want to start the discussion whether local revision numbers are useful or not, nor whether mercurial is better or not. I only want to know whether there is any possibility to have this number in the log. I have seen https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4120001/what-is-the-git-equivalent-for-revision-number That git rev-list --count HEAD But I would like to have it in the git log --graph --decorate So something like this o changeset: 5:d3ae13222c31 | tag: tip | user: Uwe Brauer <oub@xxxxxxxxxx> | date: Wed Aug 14 14:23:29 2019 +0200 | summary: Six | o changeset: 4:64a3eee07e93 | user: Uwe Brauer <oub@xxxxxxxxxx> | date: Wed Aug 14 14:23:28 2019 +0200 | summary: Fifth Anybody know who to achieve it? I presume git checkout revnumber Would not work? I know that git checkout HEAD~somenumber Works Uwe Brauer