View commit history

I need a readable history for the last two weeks on branch release/2.3. Show the commit history from origin/release/2.3 including commit hashes, authors, dates, and one-line messages, limited to commits since 2026-07-01, and export it as a plain text summary I can paste into the release notes.

Before I send the history to stakeholders, make the log easier to scan: highlight merge commits and cherry-picks, surface commits that mention tickets HIGH- or SEC-, flag any commits by contractors Samir Patel or Megan Lee, and provide an executive-friendly two-line summary of the most important changes.

I pulled origin/release/2.3 and now need to show what changed in modules/auth since 2.3.0. I’m not sure how many merge commits or backports are included. What command sequence reliably gives a filtered commit history by path with author and date, and how do I tell if any entries were cherry-picked or backported?

I regularly get requests for custom commit histories for releases and spend hours filtering logs. Where am I losing time in my history workflow, and what templates, aliases, or release-note habits should I adopt so I can produce the same filtered history in under ten minutes?