format.date config variable sets the default date-time mode for the log
command. Setting format.date value is similar to using git log's --date
option.
Also, add missing "short" alternative to --date in rev-list-options.txt.
---
I wanted to read all the logs in ISO 8601 time format so I decided to
implement this option.
Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++++
Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 5 +++--
builtin-log.c | 10 ++++++++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 217980f..ddc68bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -573,6 +573,12 @@ fetch.unpackLimit::
especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
`transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
+format.date::
+ Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting format.date
+ value is similar to using git log's --date option. The value is one of
+ following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
+ See linkgit:git-log[1].
+
format.numbered::
A boolean which can enable sequence numbers in patch subjects.
Setting this option to "auto" will enable it only if there is
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 2648a55..3d47dc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
Synonym for `--date=relative`.
---date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc}::
+--date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}::
Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
- as when using "--pretty".
+ as when using "--pretty". format.date config variable sets a default
+ value for log command's --date option.
+
`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
e.g. "2 hours ago".
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 9d046b2..d3ff8f6 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
#include "run-command.h"
#include "shortlog.h"
+/* Set a default date-time format for git log */
+static const char *default_date_mode = NULL;
+
static int default_show_root = 1;
static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH";
static const char *fmt_pretty;
@@ -61,7 +64,12 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev->diffopt, RECURSIVE);
rev->show_root_diff = default_show_root;
rev->subject_prefix = fmt_patch_subject_prefix;
+
+ if (default_date_mode)
+ rev->date_mode = parse_date_format(default_date_mode);
+
argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, rev, "HEAD");
+
if (rev->diffopt.pickaxe || rev->diffopt.filter)
rev->always_show_header = 0;
if (DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, FOLLOW_RENAMES)) {
@@ -224,6 +232,8 @@ static int cmd_log_walk(struct rev_info *rev)
static int git_log_config(const char *var, const char *value)
{
+ if (!strcmp(var, "format.date"))
+ return git_config_string(&default_date_mode, var, value);
if (!strcmp(var, "format.pretty"))
return git_config_string(&fmt_pretty, var, value);
if (!strcmp(var, "format.subjectprefix")) {
--
1.5.4.4
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