[mi100hael]

Some good tips in here. I also like to add the following alias to give me a more condensed log with graph & tags:

    hist = log --pretty=format:\"%C(yellow)%h%C(reset) %C(green)%ad%C(reset) %C(red)|%C(reset) %s %C(bold blue)[%an]%C(reset)%C(yellow)%d%C(reset)\" --graph --date=short

[pavel_lishin]

I have a similar one:

    lg2 = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen%cn%Creset %Cblue(%cr)%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative

Shows dates at the end, in a relative format (2 days ago, 29 hours ago, etc) and the tags/branches before the commit message.

[nichochar]

So do I! lg = log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit

[pavel_lishin]

Date before author? Blasphemeeeeeeee†!

† http://oglaf.com/assorted-fruits/ (sfw)