git log

The Ultimate Log Format

Over time, I’ve decided that I like the following log format for most of my work.

EXECUTE:

git log --pretty=format:"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]" --graph --date=short

It looks like this:

OUTPUT:

$ git log --pretty=format:"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]" --graph --date=short
* e2a3502 2012-03-06 | Added a comment (HEAD, master) [Jim Weirich]
* d46b035 2012-03-06 | Added a default value [Jim Weirich]
* fa23feb 2012-03-06 | Using ARGV [Jim Weirich]
* 4ac2080 2012-03-06 | First Commit [Jim Weirich]

Let’s look at it in detail:

• --pretty="..." defines the format of the output.
• %h is the abbreviated hash of the commit
• %d are any decorations on that commit (e.g. branch heads or tags)
• %ad is the author date
• %s is the comment
• %an is the author name
• --graph informs git to display the commit tree in an ASCII graph layout
• --date=short keeps the date format nice and short

reference:http://gitimmersion.com/lab_10.html