pretty print git log

git log

git log --pretty=format:'%h %ad | %s%d [%an]' --graph --date=short

--pretty="..." defines the format of the output.
%h is the abbreviated hash of the commit
%d are any decorations on that commit (e.g. branch heads or tags)
%ad is the author date
%s is the comment
%an is the author name
--graph informs git to display the commit tree in an ASCII graph layout
--date=short keeps the date format nice and short