Git Cheat Sheet

These commands render git log as a compact graph, first with tags and refs, then with author, relative date and decorated refs. They are handy when you want a readable overview of a branch's history from the terminal. The shell lines below can be copied into a script or typed directly.

Display git log with graph

git-cheat-sheet.sh

# display git log with graph: tags
git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all

# display git log with graph: authors and date
git log --graph \
  --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %Cblue<%an>%Creset' \
  --abbrev-commit --date=relative --all