Git - Improve output of commit Logs

git-logs-command.md

Normal git logs commands will output a full log detail to the console;

e.g.

Often developers want to see a condensed listing like:

To generate the above format using a simple git lg command, developers create a git alias in their git configuration file:

~/.gitconfig

[alias]
  lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%C(red)%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit

~/.bashrc

Developers can also specify a bash command log:

function log() {
  git lg
}

Terminal

Then in the terminal window, just type: