From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:37:42 GMT
Subject: Re: How to trim the fat on my log graphs
Message-ID: <xmqqtx9l2ggp.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499Bq07mPTR=h-5Gj=NuEQ9WLnK2wL5nxTNMe=LFnKHmvzA@mail.gmail.com>

Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.