I use the following since it keeps the abbreviated hash and date of the commit in their own "columns", making it easy to skim: git log --date=short --pretty=

I use the following since it keeps the abbreviated hash and date of the commit in their own "columns", making it easy to skim: git log --date=short --pretty=format:"%C(124)%ad %C(24)%h %C(34)%an %C(252)%s%C(178)%d"