Git History

1.
    git log
    
    this allows you to see a history of commits

2.
    git log --pretty=oneline

    limit output to one line per commit. as oppose to the first one that shows quite a bit of info. like author and date, etc

3.
    git log --pretty='%h | %d %s ($cr) [%an]'
    
    h: abreviated hash, d:any reference pointing to commit, $s:first line of commit message, %cr: timestamp when commit was made, %an: commit author
    
    see options at http://git-scm.com/docs/pretty-formats


4.
    git log --pretty='%Cred%h%Creset | %C(yellow)%d Creset %s %Cgreen($cr)%Creset %C(cyan)[%an]%Creset'
    
    same as before but we are adding color to it.
    
5.
    git log --pretty='%Cred%h%Creset | %C(yellow)%d Creset %s %Cgreen($cr)%Creset %C(cyan)[%an]%Creset' --graph --all

    add a graph representation to log

6.
    git config --global alias.lg "log --pretty='%Cred%h%Creset | %C(yellow)%d Creset %s %Cgreen($cr)%Creset %C(cyan)[%an]%Creset' --graph --all"
    
    creates an alias for #5