diff --git a/launcher_scripts/nemo_launcher/core/stages.py b/launcher_scripts/nemo_launcher/core/stages.py
index 234f0d360..cf382a075 100755
--- a/launcher_scripts/nemo_launcher/core/stages.py
+++ b/launcher_scripts/nemo_launcher/core/stages.py
@@ -210,19 +210,36 @@ def _make_nemo_path_command(self) -> List[str]:
         ]
 
     def _make_git_log_command(self, stage_cfg_path: Path):
-        """log last 5 commits for repos- NeMo, megatron-lm, NeMo-Framework-Launcher or NeMo-Megatron-Launcher
-        'NeMo-Megatron-Launcher' was renamed to 'NeMo-Framework-Launcher'. We run git log for both for
-        backwards compatibility.
         """
-        append_to_file = f"{stage_cfg_path.parent}/git_log.txt"
-        return [
-            f"(echo PYT$\"NVIDIA_PYTORCH_VERSION\" && \
-                git --git-dir=/opt/NeMo/.git log -n 5 --format='NeMo;%h;%aD;%s' && \
-                git --git-dir=/opt/megatron-lm/.git log -n 5 --format='megatron-lm;%h;%aD;%s' && \
-                git --git-dir=/opt/NeMo-Framework-Launcher/.git log -n 5 --format='NeMo-Framework-Launcher;%h;%aD;%s' && \
-                git --git-dir=/opt/NeMo-Megatron-Launcher/.git log -n 5 --format='NeMo-Megatron-Launcher;%h;%aD;%s') > {append_to_file}"
+        log HEAD commit for subset of repos in NeMo container, version names for PyTorch and  NeMo container
+        """
+        filepath = os.path.join(f"{stage_cfg_path.parent}", "git-info.log")
+
+        git_repos = [
+            "NeMo",
+            "megatron-lm",
+            "TransformerEngine",
+            "NeMo-Framework-Launcher",
+            "apex",
+            "NeMo-Aligner",
+            "NeMo-Curator",
+        ]
+
+        git_log_cmd = [
+            f"git --git-dir=/opt/{repo}/.git log -n 1 --format='{repo};%h;%aD;%s'"
+            for repo in git_repos
         ]
 
+        container_info_cmd = [
+            f"echo NeMo-Container-Version\;{self.cfg.get('container', '')}",
+            'echo PyTorch-Container-Version\;PYT$"NVIDIA_PYTORCH_VERSION"',
+        ]
+
+        # semi-colon delimiter ensures we run all above commands even after a failure
+        # circular brackets groups commands and ensures we write to file ONLY after all
+        # commands finish execution
+        return [f"({';'.join(git_log_cmd + container_info_cmd)}) > {filepath}"]
+
     def _make_k8s_spec_file(
         self, template_root: str, cluster_parameters: Dict, job_path: JobPaths
     ):
@@ -622,7 +639,8 @@ def make_stage_command_groups(self, stage_cfg_path: Path) -> List[List[str]]:
         command_groups = [[]]
         command_groups[0] += self._make_wandb_login_command()
         command_groups[0] += self._make_nemo_path_command()
-        command_groups[0] += self._make_git_log_command(stage_cfg_path)
+        if self.cluster == "bcm":
+            command_groups[0] += self._make_git_log_command(stage_cfg_path)
         # command_groups[0] += self._make_numa_mapping_command()
 
         # _cuda_device_max_connections and _cuda_visible_devices cannot be used as command prefix on BCP