git log formatting

Question

I need to have format like:

git log --decorate --graph --oneline --date-order

but I need it also:

1. to contain date (short)

Answer 1

In non-ancient versions of git you can configure git log to enable decorations thusly:

git config --global log.decorate full

Answer 2

In addition in your git config you can add two lines like this:

[format]
  pretty = %Cblue%h%Creset %Cgreen[%ar]%Creset (%an) %s 

This just means you can type git log and it will always be formatted.

Answer 3

Well, "impossible" means that there is no easy way and I'll have to do it myself. I worried too much that I always make things the hard way, when there is actually easier way.

Here is a bash+php script. I tried to make it with sed, but I failed.

I named this script git-gd and put it in a bin directory that's in path /usr/local/bin/ and I use it with git: git gd or git gd <options>

#!/bin/bash

GIT="/usr/local/bin/git"
PHP="/bin/php"
GIT_DATES="$GIT log --date=short --abbrev-commit --pretty=format:%C(yellow)%h_%C(green)[%ad]%Creset --branches --color=always $*"
#if you have have alias g
GIT_GRAPH="$GIT g --color=always"
#or
#GIT_GRAPH="$GIT log --decorate --graph --oneline --date-order --color=always"
PHP_SCRIPT='
  $exps = explode("\n", $_SERVER["argv"][1]);
  $lines = file("php://stdin");
  $s = array();
  $r=$s;
  foreach($exps as $exp){
   $exp = trim($exp);
   list($commit,)=explode("_", $exp);
   $s[] = $commit;
   $r[] = str_replace("_", " ", $exp);
  }
  foreach($lines as $line){
    $line = str_replace($s, $r, $line);
    echo $line ;
  }
  '

DATES=`$GIT_DATES`
$GIT_GRAPH $* |$PHP -r "$PHP_SCRIPT" -- "$DATES"

I'll wait a bit for simpler solution and I'll accept my own answer

Answer 4

You can try:

alias.lgb=log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=short --branches

It has different color, but you can change them easily.

for instance:

git log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h -%d %s (%cr) <%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=short --branches