Historical

All time (oneliner)

To see all the changes ever made as “oneliners” execute:

git log --merges  --grep="Pull sysctl"

Per year (tag message)

To see the tag messages from one year, replace YYYY.

git log --merges \
  --after YYYY.01.01 --before YYYY.12.31 \
  --pretty=format:"%Cred%s%n%Creset%b%n" \
  --grep="Pull sysctl"

Years