Autorefresh git log after commit when running in the Terminal

Question

Is it possible git log to be auto refreshed after commit or can I use another utillity in the Terminal to see list of all previous commits which auto refreshes itself?

Answer 1

I prefer the following, because it's cleaner than the other solution:

watch git log -2

Much easier to type

If you want to refresh each 5 seconds, instead of 2 seconds, use

watch -n 5 git log -2

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For those without watch function/binary:

function watch()
{
    local delay=2
    local lines=$(tput lines)
    lines=$((${lines:-25} - 1))

    if [[ "$1" -eq "-n" ]]; then
        shift 
        delay=$((${1:-2}))
        shift 
    fi

    while true
    do
            clear
        "$@" | head -n $lines
        sleep $delay
    done
}

Answer 2

You mean something like this?

 while true; do clear; git log -2 | cat; sleep 5; done

This shows the top two git log entries, refreshing every 5 seconds. The "| cat" is there to avoid git opening a pager.

This does not get new remote changes, though.