From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 13:03:41 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] In `git log --graph`, default to --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20190323041332.9743-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com> Alex Henrie writes: > Having --pretty=medium as the default almost always makes the graph too > difficult to follow. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie > --- I too thought that "--graph" should make "--oneline" the default back when I originally accepted the patch series that introduced the "--graph" feature, but with frequent use of "--graph" myself, I stopped being sure that "--oneline" should be the default long time ago. I find that the default level of prettiness goes reasonably well with the "--graph" option. This would be something that needs a long transition period if somebody really wants to force people to adapt to it. I am not sure if the complication is worth it.