How to wrap git commit comments?

Question

Is there a way to wrap git commit comments (when viewed via git log), so they are not cut off at the end of the line? It seems like there should be a pretty sim

Answer 1

At least in git version 1.7.9.5, git log does support line wrapping. From git help log:

 PRETTY FORMATS
   %w([[,[,]]]): switch line wrapping

So, for example, the following wraps the long subjects at 72 columns:

alias gl='git log --format="%C(yellow)%h %an %ad%C(reset)%n%w(72,1,2)%s"'

(Agreed that commit formatting conventions should be followed instead of relying on this. However, this might prove useful until the day comes when everybody knows and respects the conventions.)