On Thu, 2022-03-10 at 09:52 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Nuno Sá <noname.nuno@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > Well, this time it was "Notes:" label, but the next person who > > > wants to see a deviation from the canned "email" format would > > > want a > > > deviation different from yours. Perhaps they want a different > > > way > > > > I'm surely missing something but I'm not sure this is specific to > > the > > email format? It's just that git-notes by default will always > > either > > append the "Notes:" or "Notes (<refname>):" independent of the > > predefined format you use. The only way to stop it from doing that > > is, > > apparently, by using your own --format=<template>... > > ... > > What I was asking was just if there was a way to not use these > > default > > strings. I don't think this would open all kind of deviations. > > Not limited to the email format. "git log" will always prefix > "Author: " before the commit author name, "Date: " date with extra > paddingbefore the author, indents the log message by 4 spaces, adds > "Notes (refname):" before notes, and indentation is given before the > contents of the notes. There are many things, other than the > presence of the "Notes" label, that people may want to customize in > the output from the commands in the "git log" family, including "git > format-patch". > Alright... Now I got it. There's already lot of things that 'git log' and friends print by default that there's no reason to give special treatment to "Notes:". That would indeed open the box for all kind of request. Having a way to mimic email (or others) template in --format would indeed be nice though :). - Nuno Sá >
