Comment by TeMPOraL

For those increasingly rare times I'm not using Magit[0], I have a "git lg" alias I found once through HN[1]:

  git config --global alias.lg "log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit"

I strongly recommend both.

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[0] - https://magit.vc/

[1] - https://coderwall.com/p/euwpig/a-better-git-log