Why do I have to hit 'Q' at the end of 'git log'?

Question

Consider:

git log -n 20 --pretty=oneline

I am telling Git that I need to see only the last 20 commits. I hate to hit Q to get ri

Answer 1

Alias for a log command where you don't have to click q to to make it go away:

git config --global alias.hist '!git --no-pager log --pretty=format:"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]" --graph --date=short --max-count=10'