diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb98da71..2f6f064a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 *tmp*
 *~
 .cache-project.mk
-.cache-projects.mk
 .exrc
 .feedfs_history
 .gdb_history
@@ -38,20 +37,19 @@ bin/*.tcl
 conftest.py
 core
 dist
+last-successful-run.txt
 ld-*.conf
 local.conf
 local.mk
-local.mk
 local.yaml
 make/*.pc
-make/ssh-wrapper.sh
 mkspec.sh
 pr-descr*.txt
 pre-local.mk
 pyproject.toml
 pyrightconfig.json
 test-out.txt
-test/integration/jw-pkg/projects/cache/test-pyproject.toml
-test/integration/jw-pkg/projects/cache/test-pyrightconfig.json
 !*.jw-tmpl
 !*.tmpl
+.cache-projects.mk
+make/ssh-wrapper.sh
diff --git a/conf/templates/gitignore b/conf/templates/gitignore
index a64843f4..003b5541 100644
--- a/conf/templates/gitignore
+++ b/conf/templates/gitignore
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ bin/*.tcl
 conftest.py
 core
 dist
+last-successful-run.txt
 ld-*.conf
 local.conf
 local.mk
diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 411fb034..4b642ab1 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ git-short-diff: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 git-status:
 	$(PGIT_SH) status -uno
 
+git-log-%:
+	$(PGIT_SH) log -$* 2>&1
+
 git-get: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 	$(PGIT_SH_GET_DEFAULT)
 	touch get.done
diff --git a/make/py-run.mk b/make/py-run.mk
index c2c8f80f..629f88b1 100644
--- a/make/py-run.mk
+++ b/make/py-run.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/py-defs.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/test-guard.mk
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/run-success.mk
 
 EXE                         ?= $(firstword $(wildcard main.py runme.py test.py *.py))
 EXE_ARGS                    ?=
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ test: all testability
 
 run:
 	$(PYTHON_RUNNER) $(EXE) $(EXE_ARGS)
+	$(RUN_SUCCESS_CREATE_MARKER)
 
 run.sh:
 	echo -e "#!/bin/bash\n\nexport PYTHONPATH=$(PYTHONPATH)\nset -x\nexec $(PYTHON) $(EXE)" '"$$@"' > $@.tmp
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 0179fbbb..e64fca06 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ ifneq ($(EXE_PATH),)
 endif
 endif
 
+git-log-%:
+	git log -$* 2>&1
+
+git-log-tree-%:
+ifneq ($(PROJECTS_DIR),)
+	make --no-print-directory -C $(PROJECTS_DIR) git-log-$* 2>&1
+else
+	@echo "No PROJECTS_DIR defined to log commits for"
+endif
+
 # -- special built-in targets
 
 .PRECIOUS: $(LOCAL_H)
diff --git a/make/run-success.mk b/make/run-success.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae4927ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/run-success.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+ifndef RUN_SUCCESS_RECORD_CMD
+  RUN_SUCCESS_RECORD_CMD    := git log --oneline -1
+endif
+
+ifndef RUN_SUCCESS_MARKER
+  RUN_SUCCESS_MARKER        := last-successful-run.txt
+endif
+
+RUN_SUCCESS_CREATE_MARKER    = $(RUN_SUCCESS_RECORD_CMD) > $(RUN_SUCCESS_MARKER).tmp && \
+				mv $(RUN_SUCCESS_MARKER).tmp $(RUN_SUCCESS_MARKER)
+all:
+
+distclean: distclean.run-success
+distclean.run-success:
+	rm -f $(RUN_SUCCESS_MARKER)
diff --git a/make/run.mk b/make/run.mk
index 95fd8b91..ac106315 100644
--- a/make/run.mk
+++ b/make/run.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs-cpp.mk
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/run-success.mk
 
 DIR_BASENAME                 = $(notdir $(CWD))
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ run test: run-deps
 	@echo "wine $(EXE_CMD)"
 	@echo -e "set PATH=%PATH;$(DLL_PATH)\n" \
 		"$(EXE_CMD)" | wine cmd
+	$(RUN_SUCCESS_CREATE_MARKER)
 
 start: run-deps
 	@echo "wine $(EXE_CMD)"
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ start: run-deps
 else
 run test: run-deps
 	$(EXE_CMD)
+	$(RUN_SUCCESS_CREATE_MARKER)
 start: run-deps
 	$(EXE_CMD) &