Mojca Miklavec venit, vidit, dixit 30.07.2012 14:25: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use "git log" to generate ChangeLog for a project > recently migrated from CVS. > > The problem is that > git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short --decorate=short > behaves differently when the result is displayed on screen and when it > is piped to a file. > > For example, running the commands: > a) git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short > --decorate=short e9f65aa976 > b) git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short > --decorate=short e9f65aa976 > /tmp/log.txt > would result in two different outputs: > > a) > > aquaterm/Docs/gptProtocol.rtf | 316 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/classes.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1010 bytes > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/classes.nib | 4 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/info.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1232 bytes > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/classes.nib | 13 ++ > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > > b) > > aquaterm/Docs/gptProtocol.rtf | 316 ++++++ > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/classes.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1010 bytes > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/classes.nib | 4 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/info.nib | 12 + > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1232 bytes > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/classes.nib | 13 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > > > The project where the results could be easily reproduced is the following: > https://github.com/AquaTerm/AquaTerm > git://github.com/AquaTerm/AquaTerm.git > > It is possible that I screwed up something when importing the project > from CVS. In that case I would be happy if someone could point me out > what exactly I did wrong, and I can still rewrite the history before > the first release of the project using git. > > But in any case I find it weird that I get two different outputs. > > I would be grateful for any clues or hints about what goes wrong. > > Mojca > The only difference that I see is the formatting. ("..." is merely an abbreviation for a leading path.) a) probes your terminal for the number of columns and uses all available space. b) goes to a file and has no connected terminal, thus uses a default column number. You can change that number using COLUMNS=YourNumber git log YourArgs > YourFile Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html