A few slightly better aliases with graphs on the left: lg50 = "!git log --graph --abbrev-commit --date=relative --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%s%x00%cd%x00%an%x00

A few slightly better aliases with graphs on the left: lg50 = "!git log --graph --abbrev-commit --date=relative --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%s%x00%cd%x00%an%x00%d' | gawk -F '\\0' '{ printf \"%s\\033[31m%s\\033[0m %-50s \\033[32m%14s\\033[0m \\033[30;1m%s\\033[0m\\033[33m%s\\n\", $1, $2, gensub(/(.{49}).{2,}/, \"\\\\1…\",\"g\",$3), $4, $5, $6 }' | less -R" lg80 = "!git log --graph --abbrev-commit --date=relative --pretty=format:'%x00%h%x00%s%x00%cd%x00%an%x00%d' | gawk -F '\\0' '{ printf \"%s\\033[31m%s\\033[0m %-80s \\033[32m%14s\\033[0m \\033[30;1m%s\\033[0m\\033[33m%s\\n\", $1, $2, gensub(/(.{79}).{2,}/, \"\\\\1…\",\"g\",$3), $4, $5, $6 }' | less -R" Note: i've been using them for some time, i don't even remember who was the original source... On an unrelated note, does someone remember how to add code sections? :)