git log format code example

Example 1: how to see shorthand version of git log

git log --oneline

Example 2: git log with numbers

git log --oneline | nl

Example 3: git log in command line pretty view

$ git log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit

* 3396763 - (HEAD, origin/master, master) Add twitter link (4 days ago) <Mattias Geniar>
* c73bbc9 - add facebook link (6 days ago) <Mattias Geniar>
* cb555df - More random values (6 days ago) <Mattias Geniar>
*   60e7bbf - Merge pull request #1 from TSchuermans/patch-1 (7 days ago) <Mattias Geniar>
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| * 8044a8f - Typo fix (7 days ago) <Tom Schuermans>
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Example 4: git log by author

git log --author="Jon"

Example 5: git log grep

git log --all --grep='Build 0051'

Example 6: git graphic log

[alias]
    lg = lg1
    lg1 = lg1-specific --all
    lg2 = lg2-specific --all
    lg3 = lg3-specific --all

    lg1-specific = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(auto)%d%C(reset)'
    lg2-specific = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(auto)%d%C(reset)%n''          %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)'
    lg3-specific = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(bold cyan)(committed: %cD)%C(reset) %C(auto)%d%C(reset)%n''          %C(white)%s%C(reset)%n''          %C(dim white)- %an <%ae> %C(reset) %C(dim white)(committer: %cn <%ce>)%C(reset)'