Git log output log file

I would recommend using a different format than the default. My usual choice is summary with the graph, but one line summary alone usually does the trick.

Option 1: One line summary w/ Graph

git log --pretty=format:'%h : %s' --graph > log.log

Results in:

* 2d3acf9 : ignore errors from SIGCHLD on trap*   5e3ee11 : Merge branch 'master' of git://github.com/dustin/grit|\  | * 420eac9 : Added a method for getting the current branch.* | 30e367c : timeout code and tests* | 5a09431 : add timeout protection to grit* | e1193f8 : support for heads with slashes in them|/  * d6016bc : require time for xmlschema

Option 2: One line summary w/o Graph

git log --pretty=format:'%h was %an, %ar, message: %s' > log.log

Results in:

a6b444f was Scott Chacon, 5 days ago, message: dammit, this is the second time this has re49d77f7 was Scott Chacon, 8 days ago, message: modified index to create refs/heads if it i9764edd was Hans Engel, 11 days ago, message: Add diff-lcs dependencye1ba1e3 was Hans Engel, 11 days ago, message: Add dependency for Open40f87b4d was Scott Chacon, 12 days ago, message: merged recent changes

You can find more formatting options in the docs here

Try this line

git log > log.txt

git log --oneline --decorate > log.txt