A git log history graph with one line per commit, in color, with dates

Question

I need to have format like:

git log --decorate --graph --oneline --date-order 

but I need it also:

1. to contain date (short)
2. to have the same colors

I tried:

git log --decorate --graph --oneline --date-order \ --date=short --pretty=format:"%h %ad %s" 

but it's harder to read (no colors) and does not include branches/tags

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The closest simple solution is(thanks VonC):

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

Answer 1

You can try:

alias.lgb=log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=short --branches 

It has different color, but you can change them easily.

for instance:

git log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h -%d %s (%cr) <%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=short --branches 

Answer 2

Well, "impossible" means that there is no easy way and I'll have to do it myself. I worried too much that I always make things the hard way, when there is actually easier way.

Here is a bash+php script. I tried to make it with sed, but I failed.

I named this script git-gd and put it in a bin directory that's in path /usr/local/bin/ and I use it with git: git gd or git gd <options>

#!/bin/bash  GIT="/usr/local/bin/git" PHP="/bin/php" GIT_DATES="$GIT log --date=short --abbrev-commit --pretty=format:%C(yellow)%h_%C(green)[%ad]%Creset --branches --color=always $*" #if you have have alias g GIT_GRAPH="$GIT g --color=always" #or #GIT_GRAPH="$GIT log --decorate --graph --oneline --date-order --color=always" PHP_SCRIPT='   $exps = explode("\n", $_SERVER["argv"][1]);   $lines = file("php://stdin");   $s = array();   $r=$s;   foreach($exps as $exp){    $exp = trim($exp);    list($commit,)=explode("_", $exp);    $s[] = $commit;    $r[] = str_replace("_", " ", $exp);   }   foreach($lines as $line){     $line = str_replace($s, $r, $line);     echo $line ;   }   '  DATES=`$GIT_DATES` $GIT_GRAPH $* |$PHP -r "$PHP_SCRIPT" -- "$DATES" 

I'll wait a bit for simpler solution and I'll accept my own answer