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		musikele on Feb 25, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Core Git Developers Configure Git I also have this alias to my config `[alias] lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --branches` It shows a coincise colored graph of your commits and branches.

alex_smart on Feb 25, 2025 [–]

I have something almost identical, except for the `—-graph` part. That way I have the flexibility to get either the linear view or the graph view by adding that single flag.

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