Git how to save a preset git log --format
formatting, git, logging
Solution
Considering the git log manual page mentions:
--pretty[=<format>]
--format[=<format>]
Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, where can be one of oneline, short, medium, full, fuller, email, raw and format:. When omitted, the format defaults to medium.
the `<format>` can only have predefined values. That only leaves you the possibility to define an alias as a shortcut for that command.
[alias]
jespers_favourite = log --pretty=format:"%h%x09%an%x09%ad%x09%s"
or
[alias]
compactlog = log --pretty=format:"%h%x09%an%x09%ad%x09%s"
Rokit adds in the comments:
Escaping the quotes worked until I tried adding custom colors. For that, I also had to add an additional set of regular quotes around the escaped ones, e.g.
log --pretty=format:"\"%C(#9be3bc) %s\""
Problem
I really like the short git log format where I can see author, date and change description like this: ``` git log --pretty=format:"%h%x09%an%x09%ad%x09%s" ``` Which outputs: ``` fbc3503 mads Thu Dec 4 07:43:27 2008 +0000 show mobile if phone is null... ec36490 jesper Wed Nov 26 05:41:37 2008 +0000 Cleanup after [942]: Using timezon ae62afd tobias Tue Nov 25 21:42:55 2008 +0000 Fixed #67 by adding time zone supp 164be7e mads Tue Nov 25 19:56:43 2008 +0000 fixed tests, and a 'unending appoi ``` (from stackoverflow question "link text") Now, the question is, how do I save this as a new format on my machine so I only have to write something like, for instance: ``` git log --format=jespers_favourite ```