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You can add aliases to your ~/.gitconfig. These are mine [alias] co = checkout br = branch ci = commit st = status ll = log --pretty=format:'%C(

by dsego 9y ago

You can add aliases to your ~/.gitconfig. These are mine [alias] co = checkout br = branch ci = commit st = status ll = log --pretty=format:'%C(magenta)%h%Creset -%C(bold yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold cyan)<%an>%Creset' lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%C(magenta)%h%Creset -%C(bold yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold cyan)<%an>%Creset'

bowmessage 9y ago
Yeah, aliases are great for those of us who have had the exposure necessary to learn about all kinds of flags and features. But I think the default `git log` view could do with a lot of improvement to help out newer git users.