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Austin Cunningham
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Git log pretty print aliases

#git #bash #shell #alias

A couple of git aliases for git log pretty print. Add them to your .zshrc or .bashrc for usage and source the file e.g.source ~/.zshrc, or restart your terminal for the changes to apply.

gitp - pretty print the last 10 logs 

#Print latest 10 submit logs alias gitp="git log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %Cred%ad %Creset%s' --date=local --max-count=10" # Usage gitp
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gitpp - pretty print all logs 

#Print latest all submit logs alias gitpp="git log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %Cred%ad %Creset%s' --date=local" #Usage gitpp
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Output the same as gitp but not limited to 10 commits

gitpa - pretty print include author 

# Include author alias gitpa="git log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %<(24)%C(red)%ad %<(18)%C(green)%an %C(reset)%s' --date=local --max-count=10" # Usage gitpa
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gitag - pretty print tags 

#Print log information on tags alias gitag="git log --no-walk --tags --pretty=format:' %C(yellow)%h %Cgreen%d %Cred%ad %Creset%s' --date=local" # Usage gitag
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gitbr - Provide minimal graphical display 

#Provide minimal graphical display alias gitbr='git log --oneline --decorate --graph --all' # Usage gitbr
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Used gitbr a lot in the passed but now use tig which does the same and more

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Credit for these alias goes to https://github.com/usplitu

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