Re: [Feature request] "Hooks" for git log

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12.03.2020, 22:08, "Konstantin Tokarev" <annulen@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 12.03.2020, 21:58, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>  Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>>   I think it would be very useful if git log provided new option named e.g.
>>>   --hook or --script, which would take script path as an argument.
>>>   git log would follow it's normal way of operation, applying other filtering
>>>   options it was given, however intstead of printing info on commit that
>>>   matches filters, it invokes script with commit hash as an argument.
>>>   Script can do whatever it needs with hash, including any git operations,
>>>   can print commit info to log if needed, or print something else, or keep
>>>   silence. If script returns non-zero, parent git log command terminates,
>>>   otherwise it continues.
>>
>>  You do not need a hook for that, no?
>>
>>   $ git log --format='%H' ...your other options here... |
>>     while read commit
>>     do
>>          ... your "hook" that checks the $commit to see if
>>          ... it is "interesting" and shows or discard or whatever
>>          ... it does comes here
>>     done
>
> When pager is in use, git log loads commits lazily when you scroll down.
> I find this feature rather crucial for working with any long history, and
> I don't see how to achieve this with pipe.

Nvm, passing to less -R makes it pause when needed. I've never realized it
was that simple.

-- 
Regards,
Konstantin




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