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This command allows you to see your commit history in a much more aesthetically appealing format:

git log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h %C(bold green)(%ad)%Creset %<|(78,trunc)%s %C(bold blue)<%an>%C(bold yellow)%d%Creset%n%n%-b' --date=format:'%b %d, %I:%M%P' --graph

Run this command in your terminal to make git lg an alias for the above:

git config --global alias.lg "log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h %C(bold green)(%ad)%Creset %<|(78,trunc)%s %C(bold blue)<%an>%C(bold yellow)%d%Creset%n%n%-b' --date=format:'%b %d, %I:%M%P' --graph"

Inspired by this post by Filipe Kiss.

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rishi1999 commented Aug 12, 2020 •
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Note: if it doesn't work, try replacing the date portion with --date=relative, --date=short, or one of the other options from the git log man page. It seems that the original configuration only works on more recent versions of git.

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