How to watch git log and git status

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I would like to watch the output of the local git status and git log commands so that anytime a change is made to code in my local git repository the git status and git log commands are re-run and the new output is shown. Any ideas on how I might accomplish this?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '20 at 20:40

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You could use watch command. For example watch -n 5 git log will rerun git log every five seconds.

answered Jul 08 '20 at 20:40

Jorengarenar

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You may want to run `git log -10` to view only the last commits, instead of the complete history – LeGEC Jul 08 '20 at 20:47
I would also throw `--oneline` to have just the main commit messages – Jorengarenar Jul 08 '20 at 20:56
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To preserve the color: `watch -c git -c color.ui=always log` – M Imam Pratama May 11 '22 at 07:01
[Use `git log --decorate` to preserve the ref names](https://stackoverflow.com/a/72196740/9157799) `(HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)`. – M Imam Pratama May 11 '22 at 07:11

How to watch git log and git status

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