Setting git hist to pretty print log via an alias on Windows

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Doing this:

git config --global alias.hist 'log --pretty=format:"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]" --graph --date=short'

as mentioned on a Windows machine just gives me this error:

usage: git config [options]

when I try running git hist. Any suggestions why it doesn't work?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '14 at 17:04

I could not pick up the command to add hist alias to git. But I am directly insert it into .gitconfig file that usually can be located at "C:\Users\<login name>\" or "C:\Documents and Settings\<login name>\".

Look at fragment of my .gitconfig file, and note the changes to be made to the hist alias so that it worked fine under Windows.

[alias]
    co = checkout
    ci = commit
    st = status
    br = branch
    hist = !git --no-pager log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
    type = cat-file -t
    dump = cat-file -p

i forgot this \ after "format" ,t his was the error – ERJAN Oct 06 '17 at 05:44 — ERJAN, Oct 06 '17 at 05:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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PowerShell is doing funny stuff with the last argument. You can stop this like so

git config --global alias.hist --% 'blah blah blah'
#                              ^
#                             / 
#                  notice ----

Powershell command line parameters and '--'

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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answered May 08 '14 at 00:15

Zombo

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '21 at 17:50

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Use double quotes:

git config --global alias.hist "log --pretty=format:'%h %ad | %s%d [%an]' --graph --date=short"

answered Nov 19 '21 at 17:50

Melina APM

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Setting git hist to pretty print log via an alias on Windows

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