git config --global alias.lg "log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit" You've now created an alias to git log called git lg that will display the nicer output showed before. Try it out by typing git lg (or git lg -p to see the lines that have changed). https://dev.to/christopherkade/up-your-git-game-and-clean-up-your-history-4j3j?utm_source=digest_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest_email