I use a slight variation to this: https://github.com/magnetikonline/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitconfig https://github.com/magnetikonline/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitc

I use a slight variation to this: https://github.com/magnetikonline/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitconfig https://github.com/magnetikonline/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitc... more formatting/color that anything. As noted below, tig is well worth the install for getting around your logs/diffs on the command line.