How do I show tips that don't have a head in `git log --all`? -

the jargon understand it:

• tip, commit has no children (only parents unless orphaned)
• head, named reference, eg master, or "tree-ish" http://git-scm.com/book names it.

under normal circumstances use more graphical permutation of git log all:

git log --all --color --oneline --graph --decorate 

to create tip no head did:

git checkout head^ echo "" >> index.html git commit -am "tip test" 

at point git log --all show tip, because has head, head.

git checkout master 

and tip we've created no longer reported git log.

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i understand behavior by-design, , git reflog can point out recent "commit-ish" references.

i'd way see tips in git log (as chronology important feature purposes).

i don't know way this, short of creating temporary references deferenced head@{n} entries before requesting log (though answer uses such still acceptable presuming cleaned after itself)

git doesn't know (or care) unnamed tips. these known "dangling commits", , may produced normal interactions git (particularly rebase, reset, , commit --amend).

there no way know of have git log show dangling commits.