cmdxray / one-liners / git-log-oneline

git log --oneline --graph

Show compact commit history as an ASCII branch graph.

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What it means

--oneline condenses each commit to a short hash plus its summary; --graph draws the branch/merge topology to the left with ASCII lines. Add --all to include every branch and --decorate to show tag/branch labels.

Breakdown, token by token

$ git log --oneline --graph

  • gitthe distributed version control system
  • logshow the commit history
  • --onelineshow each commit on a single line
  • --graphdraw an ASCII graph of the branch structure

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