Pretty git branch graphs

Question

I\'ve seen some books and articles have some really pretty looking graphs of git branches and commits. How can I make high-quality printable images of git history?

Answer 1

For textual output you can try:

git log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --all

or:

git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all

or: here's a graphviz alias for drawing the DAG graph.

I personally use gitx, gitk --all and gitnub.