Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> I keep on thinking that I can write
>
> git log --format:'%aN: %s'
>
> instead of using the long-form "--pretty=format:xyz' thing. And each time,
> I curse myself for being stupid for forgetting the proper format.
>
> And I'm tired of being stupid. So this patch makes me smart and
> forward-thinking instead.
But we already have --format="%aN: %s" since these two commits:
commit 36407548a2825462a91b456755412a65fd611fc0
Author: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Feb 24 18:59:15 2009 +0900
Give short-hands to --pretty=tformat:%formatstring
Allow --pretty="%h %s" (and --format="%h %s") as shorthand for an often
used option --pretty=tformat:"%h %s".
Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 3a4c1a5e212357c3df030b6713c75466694c2e77
Author: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Feb 24 18:59:14 2009 +0900
Add --format that is a synonym to --pretty
Some people prefer to call the pretty-print styles "format", and get
annoyed to see "git log --format=short" fail. Introduce it as a synonym
to --pretty so that both can be used.
Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
Granted, it makes it equivalent to --pretty=tformat:foo, but isn't
tformat the better choice in many cases?
--
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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