Git learned the "reference" pretty format in 1f0fc1db85 (pretty: implement 'reference' format, 2019-11-19). Use it also in gitk instead of duplicating the format string. This way, gitk always follows the formatting convention defined by git. Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@xxxxxxxxx> --- Junio, this goes on top of dl/pretty-reference, currently in pu. Thanks! gitk-git/gitk | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk index a14d7a16b2..cc89fb25d2 100755 --- a/gitk-git/gitk +++ b/gitk-git/gitk @@ -9392,8 +9392,7 @@ proc mktaggo {} { proc copysummary {} { global rowmenuid autosellen - set format "%h (\"%s\", %ad)" - set cmd [list git show -s --pretty=format:$format --date=short] + set cmd [list git show -s --pretty=reference] if {$autosellen < 40} { lappend cmd --abbrev=$autosellen } -- 2.23.0.13.gecf2037ff6