- - "git log" and friends take --reverse. This makes output
- that typically goes reverse order in chronological order.
- "git shortlog" usually lists commits in chronological order,
- but with "--reverse", they are shown in reverse
- chronological order.
+ - "git log" and friends take --reverse, which instructs them
+ to give their output in the order opposite from their usual.
+ They typically output from new to old, but with this option
+ their output would read from old to new. "git shortlog"
+ usually lists older commits first, but with this option,
+ they are shown from new to old.
+
+ - "git log --pretty=format:<string>" to allow more flexible
+ custom log output.