Use tig (text-mode interface for git)

# alternative to git log
tig
# show recent updates of files in a directory
tig path/to/directory
# show recent 30 updates of all files within a directory
tig --name-status -30 path/to/directory
# alternative to gitk filename or gitx filename. Shows history of changes made for a file
tig filename
# alternative to git blame 
tig blame filename 
# alternative to git status
tig status