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The .gitconfig is one of those dotfiles devs tend to spend a lot of time on. After all, you're going to be getting pretty cozy with Git, and gitting it right will make your job a lot easier. So from me, to you, here's my current favorite git log option (aliased as git hist):
[alias]
hist = log --pretty=format:'%h %ad (%ar) | %s%d [%an]' --graph --date=short
Which comes out a little something like this:
* 2ee1eea 2013-06-07 (2 days ago) | Add writing forms (HEAD, master) [Brett Shollenberger]The git log allows you to visualize a project's history, and by default, it's a little verbose:
commit def038298ed4b15de68070ff3347ef788ee73269
Author: Brett Shollenberger <brett.shollenberger@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Jun 3 21:14:32 2013 -0400
Add Database Indices
But there are also an incredible number of options to personalize git log. Pro Git describes a huge number of them, but let's keep it to the classics:
%H Commit hash
%h Abbreviated commit hash
%T Tree hash
%t Abbreviated tree hash
%P Parent hashes
%p Abbreviated parent hashes
%an Author name
%ad Author date (format respects the --date= option)
%ar Author date, relative
%cn Committer name
%cd Committer date
%cr Committer date, relative
%s Subject