Nice brief git log format

I'm really happy with this. There's two new features compared to what I've been using up until recently.

Firstly, I just learned about the core.pager option which solves the problems I was solving previously with this ugliness:
ll = "!git --no-pager log --pretty=nice -n30; echo"

Secondly, the %+d. I generally don't use the --graph log formats, (such as these), that show you the branch paths, but seeing where the refs are is super useful. The + makes it appear on the next line without adding a line break when there are no refs.

	[core]
	# -E means don't page if less one screen
	# -F means quit when EOF reached
	# -r fixes the %C(yellow)%+d colouring somehow
	pager = less -E -F -r
	[alias]
	ll = log --pretty=nice -n 30 # about one screen worth
	lll = log --pretty=nice # goes back forever
	[pretty]
	# %h is short commit hash
	# %cr is time ago in words
	# %cn is committer name
	# %s is the commit message title
	# %+d is a line break and a list of refs
	nice = format:%Cblue%h %Cred%cr %Cgreen%cn%Creset - %s%C(yellow)%+d

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Here's a screenshot of how it looks (with details obscured to protect the innocent).

Update: I dropped the line break before the refs list, which is fine if you have a nice wide terminal, and tweaked some colours. Now it's:

  nice = format:%Cblue%h %C(cyan)%cr %Cgreen%an%Creset %s%C(yellow)%d %Creset