On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was actually thinking about rejecting this, asking for something that > allows to express all the other %[ai][dDri] format can express, and > perhaps more. So I think "%ad(short)" is a good direction to go, except > that 'd' is already taken. Perhaps %a(date), %a(shortdate,local),...? These format strings are getting increasingly complicated without really gaining much in generality. Why not "%ad(strftime-compatible-format-string)" ? You could differentiate localtime vs. gmtime with %ad vs. %aD, or something like that. Have fun, Avery -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html