René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> writes:
> Hmm, that's quite a lot of code to add to the formatting code with its
> repeated special-case checks. Why not implement it as a built-in user
> format, like making it an alias for something like this?
>
> git log --format='%C(auto)%h ("%s", %as)'
>
> We don't have %as, yet, but making --date=short available as a
> placeholder would be a good idea anyway (patch below).
Yes! Implementing the 'summary' internally as merely an alias to a
canned user format does sound like the right approach.
Further, instead of inventing %as, I think you could just use %ad
there, and when 'summary' uses that canned user format, flip the
default date format to short.
That way, "git show -s --pretty=summary --date=iso" would be
available to those who like the format.
Thanks.
