From cee12adb75196823bc79f37435d89fd2f4ce8208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arpit Chakladar <arpitchakladar+git@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:12:46 +0530
Subject: feat: added git-graph for better visualization of git log graphs

The git log graphs lacks customizability so we are using git-graph that
has a more verbose configuration and prettier formatting for git log
graphs
---
 modules/programs/git/default.nix     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 modules/programs/lazygit/default.nix |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

(limited to 'modules')

diff --git a/modules/programs/git/default.nix b/modules/programs/git/default.nix
index cb4519d..0fdc4fa 100644
--- a/modules/programs/git/default.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/git/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   config,
   lib,
+  pkgs,
   ...
 }:
 
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf config.programs.git.enable {
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      git-graph
+    ];
+
     programs.git = {
       settings =
         lib.recursiveUpdate
@@ -35,6 +40,17 @@
               email = config.programs.git.email;
             };
             core.askPass = "";
+            alias = {
+              # The exclamation mark (!) tells Git to execute this as an external shell command.
+              # This overrides standard git-graph behavior with your custom format string.
+              log-graph = ''
+                !f() {
+                  fmt=$(printf '\033[1;34mCommit:\033[0m \033[33m%%h\033[0m%%n\033[1;34mParents:\033[0m \033[35m%%p\033[0m%%n\033[1;34mAuthor:\033[0m \033[32m%%an\033[0m <\033[96m%%ae\033[0m>%%n\033[1;34mDate:\033[0m \033[36m%%ad (%%ar)\033[0m%%n%%n%%B%%n\033[90m--------------------------------------------------------\033[0m')
+
+                  git-graph --color always --sparse --style round --format="$fmt"
+                }; f
+              '';
+            };
           }
           (
             lib.optionalAttrs config.programs.git.useSSH {
diff --git a/modules/programs/lazygit/default.nix b/modules/programs/lazygit/default.nix
index b7882dc..e852f57 100644
--- a/modules/programs/lazygit/default.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/lazygit/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
           mouseEvents = true;
           border = "single";
         };
+        git = {
+          log.showWholeGraph = true;
+          branchLogCmd = "git log-graph";
+        };
         update.method = "never";
       };
     };
-- 
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