diff --git a/modules/git/commit.go b/modules/git/commit.go
index 610d27c68..f28c315cb 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit.go
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ func (c *Commit) CommitsCount() (int64, error) {
 }
 
 // CommitsByRange returns the specific page commits before current revision, every page's number default by CommitsRangeSize
-func (c *Commit) CommitsByRange(page, pageSize int) ([]*Commit, error) {
-	return c.repo.commitsByRange(c.ID, page, pageSize)
+func (c *Commit) CommitsByRange(page, pageSize int, not string) ([]*Commit, error) {
+	return c.repo.commitsByRange(c.ID, page, pageSize, not)
 }
 
 // CommitsBefore returns all the commits before current revision
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_commit.go b/modules/git/repo_commit.go
index 153a116b0..30a82eb29 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_commit.go
@@ -90,14 +90,22 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetCommitByPath(relpath string) (*Commit, error) {
 	return commits[0], nil
 }
 
-func (repo *Repository) commitsByRange(id SHA1, page, pageSize int) ([]*Commit, error) {
-	stdout, _, err := NewCommand(repo.Ctx, "log").
-		AddOptionFormat("--skip=%d", (page-1)*pageSize).AddOptionFormat("--max-count=%d", pageSize).AddArguments(prettyLogFormat).
-		AddDynamicArguments(id.String()).
-		RunStdBytes(&RunOpts{Dir: repo.Path})
+func (repo *Repository) commitsByRange(id SHA1, page, pageSize int, not string) ([]*Commit, error) {
+	cmd := NewCommand(repo.Ctx, "log").
+		AddOptionFormat("--skip=%d", (page-1)*pageSize).
+		AddOptionFormat("--max-count=%d", pageSize).
+		AddArguments(prettyLogFormat).
+		AddDynamicArguments(id.String())
+
+	if not != "" {
+		cmd.AddOptionValues("--not", not)
+	}
+
+	stdout, _, err := cmd.RunStdBytes(&RunOpts{Dir: repo.Path})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	return repo.parsePrettyFormatLogToList(stdout)
 }
 
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/commits.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/commits.go
index 22b013e7d..401403c83 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/commits.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/commits.go
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ func GetAllCommits(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	//   in: query
 	//   description: page size of results (ignored if used with 'path')
 	//   type: integer
+	// - name: not
+	//   in: query
+	//   description: commits that match the given specifier will not be listed.
+	//   type: string
 	// responses:
 	//   "200":
 	//     "$ref": "#/responses/CommitList"
@@ -181,7 +185,8 @@ func GetAllCommits(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		}
 
 		// Query commits
-		commits, err = baseCommit.CommitsByRange(listOptions.Page, listOptions.PageSize)
+		not := ctx.FormString("not")
+		commits, err = baseCommit.CommitsByRange(listOptions.Page, listOptions.PageSize, not)
 		if err != nil {
 			ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "CommitsByRange", err)
 			return
diff --git a/routers/web/feed/branch.go b/routers/web/feed/branch.go
index 22b6e2f14..f13038ff9 100644
--- a/routers/web/feed/branch.go
+++ b/routers/web/feed/branch.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 // ShowBranchFeed shows tags and/or releases on the repo as RSS / Atom feed
 func ShowBranchFeed(ctx *context.Context, repo *repo.Repository, formatType string) {
-	commits, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.CommitsByRange(0, 10)
+	commits, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.CommitsByRange(0, 10, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("ShowBranchFeed", err)
 		return
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/commit.go b/routers/web/repo/commit.go
index 7439c2411..93294f8dd 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/commit.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/commit.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func Commits(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// Both `git log branchName` and `git log commitId` work.
-	commits, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.CommitsByRange(page, pageSize)
+	commits, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.CommitsByRange(page, pageSize, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("CommitsByRange", err)
 		return
diff --git a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
index 2db950b57..51d123866 100644
--- a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
+++ b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
@@ -3803,6 +3803,12 @@
             "description": "page size of results (ignored if used with 'path')",
             "name": "limit",
             "in": "query"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "commits that match the given specifier will not be listed.",
+            "name": "not",
+            "in": "query"
           }
         ],
         "responses": {