On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 02:14:37PM +1100, Evan Benn wrote: > This command omits the final newline: > > git log --format=format:"%H" This is the intended behavior. See the section on "tformat:" in "git help log", and the discussion of "terminator" vs "separator" semantics. The "separator" semantics are helpful for most multiline formats (where your separator is probably a blank line, and you don't want an extra one at the end). Terminator is more useful for one-line outputs. I think one could argue that the terminator one is what most people want and would be a better default, but "format" is the way it is for historical compatibility. If you use the do-what-I-mean form of: git log --format=%H then it defaults to tformat (notice no "format:" or "tformat:" keyword; we infer from the presence of "%H" in the name that it's a custom format, and that is what defaults to tformat). -Peff
