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Re: How to trim the fat on my log graphs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 22, 2014, 21:37 UTC
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Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:
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> git log log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative
> --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset)%x09%C(bold
> green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset) %C(dim
> white)%an%C(reset) - %C(white)%s%C(reset)' --branches --remotes
> ...
> The goal is to weed out the really distant and irrelevant commits. I
> really just want to see the commits that are closely related to my
> current branch. Thanks in advance.

For a starter, how about dropping "--branches --remotes" from that command line? A merge from elsewhere will show as "Merge branch foo" which should be sufficient without the decoration.

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