One would actually have to make a change to their global git config to set the pretty setting to display oneline or add a bash alias to run git log --oneline.
That is true, but I literally can't think of any developer I've worked with in many years who had not done something like that. The typical display in every GUI for git repos that I've come across in recent times is also geared to single-line display, though some of them are marginally better with at least indicating the presence of additional lines than git's own one-line display formats in the CLI.
YMMV, and apparently it does, based on your second paragraph.
That is true, but I literally can't think of any developer I've worked with in many years who had not done something like that. The typical display in every GUI for git repos that I've come across in recent times is also geared to single-line display, though some of them are marginally better with at least indicating the presence of additional lines than git's own one-line display formats in the CLI.
YMMV, and apparently it does, based on your second paragraph.