diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b911be2..0c20846 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ sasjsresults/
 mc_*
 
 # ignore .env files as they can contain sasjs access tokens
-*.env*
\ No newline at end of file
+*.env*
+
+~
diff --git a/base/mp_gitlog.sas b/base/mp_gitlog.sas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..830fc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/mp_gitlog.sas
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Creates a dataset with the commit history of a local repository
+  @details Returns the commit history from a local repository. The name of the
+  branch is also returned.
+
+  More details here:
+https://documentation.sas.com/doc/ko/pgmsascdc/v_033/lefunctionsref/n1qo5miyvry1nen111js203hlwrh.htm
+
+  Usage:
+
+      %let gitdir=%sysfunc(pathname(work))/core;
+      %let repo=https://github.com/sasjs/core;
+      %put source clone rc=%sysfunc(GITFN_CLONE(&repo,&dir));
+
+      %mp_gitlog(&gitdir,outds=work.mp_gitlog)
+
+  @param [in] gitdir The directory containing the GIT repository
+  @param [in] filter= (BRANCHONLY) To return only the commits for the current
+  branch, use BRANCHONLY (the default).  Anything else will return the entire
+  commit history.
+  @param [out] outds= (work.mp_gitlog) The output dataset to create.
+  All vars are $128 except `message` which is $4000.
+    @li author returns the author who submitted the commit.
+    @li children_ids returns a list of the children commit IDs
+    @li committer returns the name of the committer.
+    @li committer_email returns the email of the committer.
+    @li email returns the email of the commit author.
+    @li id returns the commit ID of the commit object.
+    @li in_current_branch returns "TRUE" or "FALSE" to indicate if the commit is
+      in the current branch.
+    @li message returns the commit message.
+    @li parent_ids returns a list of the parent commit IDs.
+    @li stash returns "TRUE" or "FALSE" to indicate if the commit is a stash
+      commit.
+    @li time returns the time of the commit as numeric string
+    @li commit_time_num time of the commit as numeric SAS datetime
+    @li commit_time_str the commit_time_num variable cast as string
+
+  @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_getgitbranch.sas
+
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li mp_gitadd.sas
+  @li mp_gitreleaseinfo.sas
+  @li mp_gitstatus.sas
+
+**/
+
+%macro mp_gitlog(gitdir,outds=work.mp_gitlog,mdebug=0,filter=BRANCHONLY);
+
+%local varlist i var;
+%let varlist=author children_ids committer committer_email email id
+  in_current_branch parent_ids stash time ;
+
+data &outds;
+  LENGTH gitdir branch $ 1024 message $4000 &varlist $128 commit_time_num 8.
+    commit_time_str $32;
+  call missing (of _all_);
+  branch="%mf_getgitbranch(&gitdir)";
+  gitdir=symget('gitdir');
+  rc=git_status_free(trim(gitdir));
+  if rc=-1 then do;
+    put "The libgit2 library is unavailable and no Git operations can be used.";
+    put "See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74082874";
+    stop;
+  end;
+  else if rc=-2 then do;
+    put "The libgit2 library is available, but the status function failed.";
+    put "See the log for details.";
+    stop;
+  end;
+  entries=git_commit_log(trim(gitdir));
+  do n=1 to entries;
+
+  %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&varlist message));
+    %let var=%scan(&varlist message,&i,%str( ));
+    rc=git_commit_get(n,trim(gitdir),"&var",&var);
+  %end;
+    /* convert unix time to SAS time - https://4gl.uk/corelink0 */
+    /* Number of seconds between 01JAN1960 and 01JAN1970: 315619200 */
+    format commit_time_num datetime19.;
+    commit_time_num=sum(input(cats(time),best.),315619200);
+    commit_time_str=put(commit_time_num,datetime19.);
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    putlog (_all_)(=);
+  %end;
+    if "&filter"="BRANCHONLY" then do;
+      if cats(in_current_branch)='TRUE' then output;
+    end;
+    else output;
+  end;
+  rc=git_commit_free(trim(gitdir));
+  keep gitdir branch &varlist message time commit_time_num commit_time_str;
+run;
+
+%mend mp_gitlog;
diff --git a/base/mp_gitstatus.sas b/base/mp_gitstatus.sas
index b27d52d..0428483 100644
--- a/base/mp_gitstatus.sas
+++ b/base/mp_gitstatus.sas
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ data &outds;
     putlog (_all_)(=);
   %end;
   end;
-  rc=git_status_free(gitdir);
+  rc=git_status_free(trim(gitdir));
   drop rc cnt;
 run;
 
diff --git a/tests/base/mf_readfile.test.sas b/tests/base/mf_readfile.test.sas
index 92bc354..6a16908 100644
--- a/tests/base/mf_readfile.test.sas
+++ b/tests/base/mf_readfile.test.sas
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mf_readfile.sas
+  @li mf_writefile.sas
   @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mp_assertscope.sas
 
 **/
 
@@ -22,8 +24,17 @@ run;
   desc=Check code ran without errors,
   outds=work.test_results
 )
+
+/* test for scope leakage */
+%global result;
+%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)
+%put %mf_readfile(&f);
+%mp_assertscope(COMPARE)
+
+/* test result */
 %mp_assert(
-  iftrue=(&f=some content),
+  iftrue=(%mf_readfile(&f)=some content),
   desc=Checking first line was ingested successfully,
   outds=work.test_results
 )
+
diff --git a/tests/base/mp_gitlog.test.sas b/tests/base/mp_gitlog.test.sas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad6a40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/base/mp_gitlog.test.sas
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Testing mp_gitlog.sas macro
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_nobs.sas
+  @li mp_gitlog.sas
+  @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mp_assertscope.sas
+
+**/
+
+/* grab core repo */
+%let gitdir=%sysfunc(pathname(work))/core;
+%let repo=https://github.com/sasjs/core;
+%put source clone rc=%sysfunc(GITFN_CLONE(&repo,&gitdir));
+
+%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)
+%mp_gitlog(&gitdir,outds=work.test1)
+%mp_assertscope(COMPARE)
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(&syscc=0),
+  desc=Regular test works,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(%mf_nobs(work.test1)>1000),
+  desc=output has gt 1000 rows,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)