git diff --shortstat "@{1 day ago}"ou
git log --after=2013-06-30 --before=2013-07-1 --format=format: --shortstat masterou
git log --all --pretty=format:'%h %cd %s (%an)' --since='1 day ago'ou
git log --pretty=format:'%h %ad | %s%d [%an]' --graph --date=short
--pretty="..." defines the format of the output.
%h is the abbreviated hash of the commit
%d are any decorations on that commit (e.g. branch heads or tags)
%ad is the author date
%s is the comment
%an is the author name
--graph informs git to display the commit tree in an ASCII graph layout
--date=short keeps the date format nice and short