Where can I see the commit history on the gitHub website?

Question

I am looking for the history button on gitHub for all the past git commits.

These are buttons on the gitHub page.

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Tegular

Click on the Code tab and look on the little blue bar. Or just search the word "commits" on that page if your eyes aren't finding it. – Hoist

I just want to say thanks for asking because, you'd think the answer is obvious, but it wasn't for me. – Cliffordclift

Seems like things have become iteratively stranger and less intuitive since MS took over. I switched to gitlab 3 years ago and get frustrated every time I have to use GH. – Acreage

Answer 1

On the repository page there is commits button below the Big Green Pull-Down Code button to see all commits. Clicking on it will open all the history

Schopenhauer

Just to clarify - "Code button" means the big green pull-down button - it's not the "<> code" tab. The link you're looking for is in the top-right corner of the table showing the files in the repo. The link isn't highlighted (at least, for me) - it's just normal text colour. – Mesne

Only exists for people with GitHub pro accounts or on public repositories on free GitHub account :( – Komara

That's an interesting decision... the commit history is one of our most valuable features, we should use the smallest most obscure link on the page for that. – Pacification

Yes, it is a super annoying thing as it is a really important thing to check! I am also missing the handy search in the history, very very much. – Disapprobation

Answer 2

On the repository page there is a button labeled with three dots that has a pull-down menu. One of the options on this pull-down menu is "Commits":

[Note: this should just be a correction to the answer by @Hamza Mughal, but when I tried to edit that answer I get an error that the "Edit queue is full." If someone knows how to paste my picture into the original answer, since it's just an update, that would be great.]

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