Re: How do I show only log messages for commits on a specific branch?

So how do I:

       git please-tell-me-the-branch-I-started-this-branch-from new

You may also be interested in the git show-branch command.  The output
may be unintuitive at first but once you grok it it's pretty useful...
especially if you have several branches.

Aside from the man page, here's a blog post the describes the output:
https://wincent.com/wiki/Understanding_the_output_of_%22git_show-branch%22

~ Pat