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Re: something like git-for-each-ref's --format for commits?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 6, 2008, 09:05 UTC
Message-ID
<20080106090507.GA10965@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20080106085221.GA1729@bulgaria.corp.google.com>
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 12:52:21AM -0800, Brian Swetland wrote:
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> The --pretty=format:... option for git-log, etc has the annoying
> property of giving you <unknown> instead of an empty string if an
> item isn't example (say if you use %b on a commit with no body).
> 
> Am I missing some obvious solution here?

I think --pretty=format: is what you are looking for. The "<unknown>" behavior is fixed in the upcoming v1.5.4 (you get the empty string for your example).

-Peff
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  1. Brian SwetlandJan 6, 2008
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