How to make git log cut long comments?

Question

I have a git log alias that prints each commit as a single line. Since some people write far too long one-liners in the commit log, many commits wrap to a new line. How can

Answer 1

Late to the party, but these options will do it too:

$ git config --global core.pager 'less -S'

or (e.g.)

$ echo $LESS
-R
$ export LESS=-RS