Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 04:34:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> > Yeah, I do not think it is likely. Among the in-tree scripts, >> > git-stash does use rev-list --oneline but the purpose of the call >> > exactly is to grab a human readable one line summary, and it will be >> > happy with any change to make --oneline more human readble. >> >> Having said that, one of my often used alias is >> >> [alias] recent = log --branches --oneline --no-merges --decorate --since=3.weeks >> >> to help me see what topics in flight may potentially interact with >> an incoming patch, when deciding on which commit to base the patch >> on. Pushing the decoration at the end to let it fall off the right >> edge of the screen severely reduces the usefulness of it and defeats >> the point of using --decorate, at least for this use. >> >> I could use --source instead, though, if it is not moved by the >> patch. > > If you are particular about the exact format, how about using > --format="%h%d %s" instead? > > Obviously Duy could do the same to achieve his format,... It indeed was the first reaction when I saw the patch under discussion that came without RFC/ in the subject. > but I think there > is still value in considering what the default for --oneline should be. Yes. And I was reasonably sure that having the decoration at the tail is a better default, but no longer. -- 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