Since 1f0fc1db85 (pretty: implement 'reference' format, 2019-11-19) in the main Git repository, there's an officially blessed format for commit references. Update gitk to also use this format. Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@xxxxxxxxx> --- gitk | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitk b/gitk index da84e22..b26996c 100755 --- a/gitk +++ b/gitk @@ -9433,8 +9433,7 @@ proc mktaggo {} { proc copyreference {} { 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 } -- 2.26.0.277.gb8618d28a9