I have the following log: $ git log commit 7ffb909bb8f38607e3d6d9f3504a66ca978f0ac2 Author: Robert Dailey <robert@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Dec 12 11:01:00 2016 -0600 Add initial skeleton files & a few interfaces for new kizi/sc16 stuff This is still FAR from complete.... I want to generate changelogs, using github markdown list format. I tried doing that using this command: $ git log --pretty=format:"* %s%n%w(100,2,2)%+b" However, the 2nd newline is not inserted: * Add initial skeleton files & a few interfaces for new kizi/sc16 stuff This is still FAR from complete.... The format I'm expecting is: * Add initial skeleton files & a few interfaces for new kizi/sc16 stuff This is still FAR from complete.... This seems to work, but I do not get the 2-space indentation required to continue text on the current list item: $ git log --pretty=format:"* %s%n%+b" * Add initial skeleton files & a few interfaces for new kizi/sc16 stuff This is still FAR from complete.... So why isn't it working when I use %w before the %+b? Am I doing something wrong? Note I'm using git version 2.10 on Windows through Git Bash.