If one ever wonders how to view git log in a formatted way, here is the solution.
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"Then the next time when you try to see the log, simply type
git lgTo see the lines changed,
git lg -p