Git Log Formatting

The git log command is great and has tons of good information, but the output doesn't give you that nice 'overview' of the commit history, too much detail on too many lines

I've been using the following in my .gitconfig file

l = log -20 --format='%h %ad %d %an: %s' --date=short

typing 'git l' renders the following output:

Last night I watched the Destroy All Software "PRETTY GIT LOGS" screencast which takes 'git l' to the next level

• https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog/pretty-git-logs
• https://github.com/garybernhardt/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitconfig
• https://github.com/garybernhardt/dotfiles/blob/master/.githelpers

now 'git l' renders

   

Helper script to delete git tags locally and remote

Might be useful to others, delete a bunch of git tags - remote and locally



Resources

• http://nathanhoad.net/how-to-delete-a-remote-git-tag 
• http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/bash-read-every-line-in-the-files-and-use-the-line-as-parameters-as-another-program-246291/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1605232/use-bash-to-read-a-file-and-then-execute-a-command-from-the-words-extracted

Git Workflow

This is the current git workflow we are using at work, your mileage may vary:




Resources

• http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git 
• http://yanpritzker.com/gitbook.html#Keeping+a+topic+branch+in+sync+with+its+parent 
• http://yanpritzker.com/gitbook.html#One+branch+per+bug 
• http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/02/02/push-and-delete-branches.html 
• http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/10/squashing-commits-with-rebase.html 
• http://sleeplessgeek.blogspot.com/2011/03/using-git-cherry-pick.html