SO you dislike git log output in console like me and do not use it... Because it looks like so:

How about this one?

It's quite easy...

Just type:

git log --graph
 --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset'
 --abbrev-commit --

It may be hard to enter such an easy command every time. Let's make an alias instead... Copypaste this to your terminal:

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 --"

And use simple command to see this pretty log instead:

git lg

Now in case you want to see lines that changed use: 

git lg -p

In order for this command to work remove 

the -- from the end of the alias.

May the code be with you!

NOTE: this article is a rewritten copy of 

http://coderwall.com/p/euwpig?i=3&p=1&t=git
and have been put here only in purpose of note to myself.  However you may use for your own needs...

UPD2: And unless you're a contributor of the git project and have written at least part of original code and/or documentation that does this trick... Then you probably stole the idea. ;) (IMHO)