Git log source in pretty format

Question

Is there any way to show source while using pretty=format?

Im getting information on which track specific commit was pushed by command

git log --source --oneline

But I also need a date=short which I see cannot be used together with --oneline. But can with pretty=format. Problem is that I don't know how to show --source in pretty=format, can you help?

• Romain Valeri: This posted 15 min ago. Related maybe? Hmmm..... not really.
• Elcardia: Well, I have to have --source information

Answer 1

You should take a look at this post. It gives a very nice exemple of a customize git log. And also an oneliner to define it with a Git alias.

To try it, you can type:

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

To define it in an alias:

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

To use it :

git lg

To check your configuration:

git config alias.lg

To remove it:

git config --unset alias.lg

---

date=short

If you want to go further in the configuration, you should look at the Git pretty-formats documentation (placeholders section).

For the date you were talking about, you could change the %cr by %ad because this format respects the --date=option. So you could use --date=short as you want.

---

Tig

To finish there is a very powerful tool you could use if you are a command line lover like me: Tig

• Pedro Bezunartea López: The syntax for the alias has changed, with at least version 2.45 adding the alias should be: git config --global alias.lg "log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit"

Answer 2

This will become possible with the --pretty=format:%S token supported in the upcoming Git 2.21.0.

• Nicolas Dupouy: Are you sure because as said here. pretty-formats were last updated in 2.20.0 and there is no --pretty=format:%S. You are probably talking about the subject placeholder %s: --pretty=format:%s.
• Jan Krüger: @NicolasDupouy no, I'm talking about a new placeholder which will be in 2.21.0rc0, -rc1 and -rc2. Since these haven't been released yet, the new placeholder doesn't show up in the online documentation, but you can already see it in the documentation source on the master branch.