/tags/git/Recent content in Git on jpterry.comHugoen© John TerryTue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000/2015/12/15/git-log-graph-authors/Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000/2015/12/15/git-log-graph-authors/<p>When I use git I constantly need to understand the shape of the history graph. And the best way to understand graphs is to visualize them. Maybe you already know about <code>git log --graph --oneline --decorate</code>, but that is a lot to type.</p> <p>Add this alias to your .bash_profile, or .zshrc. I call it <code>glga</code> for &ldquo;git-log-graph-author&rdquo;, you can call it what you want.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#e6edf3;background-color:#0d1117;-moz-tab-size:2;-o-tab-size:2;tab-size:2;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>alias <span style="color:#79c0ff">glga</span><span style="color:#ff7b72;font-weight:bold">=</span><span style="color:#a5d6ff">&#34;git log --graph --abbrev-commit --date=short --pretty=format:\ </span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a5d6ff"> &#39;%C(yellow)%h%Creset %C(bold blue)(%an)%Creset%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen&lt;%cr, %ar&gt;%Creset&#39;&#34;</span></span></span></code></pre></div> <p>Below is a sample screenshot of the output. At a glance you can see how the commits are related in the graph, their shas, their authors, messages, and commit/author dates relative to now.</p>