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Git dag - visualize git graph in ascii-color
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setup-git-dag.sh
#!/bin/bash
git config --global alias.dag "log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset%n' --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
# This adds a line to ~/.gitconfig like
# [alias]
# dag = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset%n' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
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leopd commented Jan 3, 2020

git dag --all is one of my most frequently-used commands.

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leopd commented Jan 3, 2020

Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7022890/how-to-display-the-tag-name-and-branch-name-using-git-log-graph

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leopd commented Mar 24, 2026

Take out --branches for "newer" versions of git. (Which? IDK.) In newer versions of git it is equivalent to --all.

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