diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ set(GIT2CPP_SRC
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/commit_subcommand.hpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/init_subcommand.hpp
+    ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
+    ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/log_subcommand.hpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/reset_subcommand.cpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/reset_subcommand.hpp
     ${GIT2CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "subcommand/clone_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/commit_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/init_subcommand.hpp"
+#include "subcommand/log_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/reset_subcommand.hpp"
 #include "subcommand/status_subcommand.hpp"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         clone_subcommand clone(lg2_obj, app);
         commit_subcommand commit(lg2_obj, app);
         reset_subcommand reset(lg2_obj, app);
+        log_subcommand log(lg2_obj, app);
 
         app.require_subcommand(/* min */ 0, /* max */ 1);
 

diff --git a/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#include <format>
+#include <git2.h>
+#include <git2/revwalk.h>
+#include <git2/types.h>
+#include <string_view>
+
+#include "log_subcommand.hpp"
+#include "../wrapper/repository_wrapper.hpp"
+#include "../wrapper/commit_wrapper.hpp"
+
+log_subcommand::log_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
+{
+    auto *sub = app.add_subcommand("log", "Shows commit logs");
+
+    sub->add_flag("--format", m_format_flag, "Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, where <format> can be one of full and fuller");
+    sub->add_option("-n,--max-count", m_max_count_flag, "Limit the output to <number> commits.");
+    // sub->add_flag("--oneline", m_oneline_flag, "This is a shorthand for --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit used together.");
+
+    sub->callback([this]() { this->run(); });
+};
+
+void print_time(git_time intime, std::string prefix)
+{
+	char sign, out[32];
+	struct tm *intm;
+	int offset, hours, minutes;
+	time_t t;
+
+	offset = intime.offset;
+	if (offset < 0) {
+		sign = '-';
+		offset = -offset;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		sign = '+';
+	}
+
+	hours   = offset / 60;
+	minutes = offset % 60;
+
+	t = (time_t)intime.time + (intime.offset * 60);
+
+	intm = gmtime(&t);
+	strftime(out, sizeof(out), "%a %b %e %T %Y", intm);
+
+	std::cout << prefix << out << " " << sign << std::format("{:02d}", hours) << std::format("{:02d}", minutes) <<std::endl;
+}
+
+void print_commit(const commit_wrapper& commit, std::string m_format_flag)
+{
+    std::string buf = commit.commit_oid_tostr();
+
+    signature_wrapper author = signature_wrapper::get_commit_author(commit);
+    signature_wrapper committer = signature_wrapper::get_commit_committer(commit);
+
+    std::cout << "\033[0;33m" << "commit " << buf << "\033[0m" << std::endl;
+    if (m_format_flag=="fuller")
+    {
+        std::cout << "Author:\t    " <<  author.name() << " " << author.email() << std::endl;
+        print_time(author.when(), "AuthorDate: ");
+        std::cout << "Commit:\t    " <<  committer.name() << " " << committer.email() << std::endl;
+        print_time(committer.when(), "CommitDate: ");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        std::cout << "Author:\t" <<  author.name() << " " << author.email() << std::endl;
+        if (m_format_flag=="full")
+        {
+            std::cout << "Commit:\t" <<  committer.name() << " " << committer.email() << std::endl;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            print_time(author.when(), "Date:\t");
+        }
+    }
+    std::cout << "\n    " << git_commit_message(commit) << "\n" << std::endl;
+}
+
+void log_subcommand::run()
+{
+    auto directory = get_current_git_path();
+    auto bare = false;
+    auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
+    // auto branch_name = repo.head().short_name();
+
+    git_revwalk* walker;
+    git_revwalk_new(&walker, repo);
+    git_revwalk_push_head(walker);
+
+    std::size_t i=0;
+    git_oid commit_oid;
+    while (!git_revwalk_next(&commit_oid, walker) && i<m_max_count_flag)
+    {
+        commit_wrapper commit = repo.find_commit(commit_oid);
+        print_commit(commit, m_format_flag);
+        ++i;
+    }
+
+    git_revwalk_free(walker);
+}
diff --git a/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.hpp b/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <CLI/CLI.hpp>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <limits>
+
+#include "../utils/common.hpp"
+
+
+class log_subcommand
+{
+public:
+
+    explicit log_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app);
+    void run();
+
+private:
+    std::string m_format_flag;
+    int m_max_count_flag=std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
+    // bool m_oneline_flag = false;
+};
diff --git a/src/wrapper/commit_wrapper.cpp b/src/wrapper/commit_wrapper.cpp
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ const git_oid& commit_wrapper::oid() const
 {
     return *git_commit_id(p_resource);
 }
+
+std::string commit_wrapper::commit_oid_tostr() const
+{
+    char buf[GIT_OID_SHA1_HEXSIZE + 1];
+    return git_oid_tostr(buf, sizeof(buf), &this->oid());
+}
diff --git a/src/wrapper/commit_wrapper.hpp b/src/wrapper/commit_wrapper.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class commit_wrapper : public wrapper_base<git_commit>
     operator git_object*() const noexcept;
 
     const git_oid& oid() const;
+    std::string commit_oid_tostr() const;
 
 private:
 

diff --git a/src/wrapper/signature_wrapper.cpp b/src/wrapper/signature_wrapper.cpp
@@ -4,14 +4,48 @@
 
 signature_wrapper::~signature_wrapper()
 {
-    git_signature_free(p_resource);
+    if (m_ownership)
+    {
+        git_signature_free(p_resource);
+    }
     p_resource=nullptr;
 }
 
+std::string_view signature_wrapper::name() const
+{
+    return p_resource->name;
+}
+
+std::string_view signature_wrapper::email() const
+{
+    return p_resource->email;
+}
+
+git_time signature_wrapper::when() const
+{
+    return p_resource->when;
+}
+
 signature_wrapper::author_committer_signatures signature_wrapper::get_default_signature_from_env(repository_wrapper& rw)
 {
     signature_wrapper author;
     signature_wrapper committer;
     throw_if_error(git_signature_default_from_env(&(author.p_resource), &(committer.p_resource), rw));
     return {std::move(author), std::move(committer)};
 }
+
+signature_wrapper signature_wrapper::get_commit_author(const commit_wrapper& cw)
+{
+    signature_wrapper author;
+    author.p_resource = const_cast<git_signature*>(git_commit_author(cw));
+    author.m_ownership = false;
+    return author;
+}
+
+signature_wrapper signature_wrapper::get_commit_committer(const commit_wrapper& cw)
+{
+    signature_wrapper committer;
+    committer.p_resource = const_cast<git_signature*>(git_commit_committer(cw));
+    committer.m_ownership = false;
+    return committer;
+}
diff --git a/src/wrapper/signature_wrapper.hpp b/src/wrapper/signature_wrapper.hpp
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <utility>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include <git2.h>
 
 #include "../wrapper/wrapper_base.hpp"
 
+class commit_wrapper;
 class repository_wrapper;
 
 class signature_wrapper : public wrapper_base<git_signature>
@@ -18,9 +20,16 @@ class signature_wrapper : public wrapper_base<git_signature>
     signature_wrapper(signature_wrapper&&) = default;
     signature_wrapper& operator=(signature_wrapper&&) = default;
 
+    std::string_view name() const;
+    std::string_view email() const;
+    git_time when() const;
+
     static author_committer_signatures get_default_signature_from_env(repository_wrapper&);
+    static signature_wrapper get_commit_author(const commit_wrapper&);
+    static signature_wrapper get_commit_committer(const commit_wrapper&);
 
 private:
 
     signature_wrapper() = default;
+    bool m_ownership=true;
 };
diff --git a/test/test_log.py b/test/test_log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import subprocess
+
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format_flag", ["", "--format=full", "--format=fuller"])
+def test_log(xtl_clone, git_config, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, monkeypatch, format_flag):
+    assert (tmp_path / "xtl").exists()
+    xtl_path = tmp_path / "xtl"
+
+    p = xtl_path / "mook_file.txt"
+    p.write_text('')
+
+    cmd_add = [git2cpp_path, 'add', "mook_file.txt"]
+    p_add = subprocess.run(cmd_add, cwd=xtl_path, text=True)
+    assert p_add.returncode == 0
+
+    cmd_commit = [git2cpp_path, 'commit', "-m", "test commit"]
+    p_commit = subprocess.run(cmd_commit, cwd=xtl_path, text=True)
+    assert p_commit.returncode == 0
+
+    cmd_log = [git2cpp_path, 'log']
+    if format_flag != "":
+        cmd_log.append(format_flag)
+    p_log = subprocess.run(cmd_log, capture_output=True, cwd=xtl_path, text=True)
+    assert p_log.returncode == 0
+    assert "Jane Doe" in p_log.stdout
+    assert "test commit" in p_log.stdout
+
+    if format_flag == "":
+        assert "Commit" not in p_log.stdout
+    else:
+        assert "Commit" in p_log.stdout
+        if format_flag == "--format=full":
+            assert "Date" not in p_log.stdout
+        else:
+            assert "CommitDate" in p_log.stdout
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("max_count_flag", ["", "-n", "--max-count"])
+def test_max_count(xtl_clone, git_config, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, monkeypatch, max_count_flag):
+    assert (tmp_path / "xtl").exists()
+    xtl_path = tmp_path / "xtl"
+
+    cmd_log = [git2cpp_path, 'log']
+    if max_count_flag != "":
+        cmd_log.append(max_count_flag)
+        cmd_log.append("2")
+    p_log = subprocess.run(cmd_log, capture_output=True, cwd=xtl_path, text=True)
+    assert p_log.returncode == 0
+
+    if max_count_flag == "":
+        assert p_log.stdout.count("Author") > 2
+    else:
+        assert p_log.stdout.count("Author") == 2