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Re: [PATCH] allow user aliases for the --author parameter

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 24, 2008, 17:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20080824172145.GA25553@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<8F4F767F-3D7B-4358-AAD3-8E2BC7EA108D@simplicidade.org>
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:19:20AM +0100, Pedro Melo wrote:
Show 12 quoted lines
>>         one = "!sh -c 'git show -s --pretty=\"format:%h (%s, %ai\"  
>> \"$@\" | sed -e \"s/ [012][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9] [-+][0-9][0-9] 
>> [0-9][0-9]$/)/\"' -"
>
> Can you explain this one? It seems a bit like git describe, but it misses 
> a single char at the beggining?
>
> git (master) $ git one
> 2ebc02d (Start 1.6.1 cycle, 2008-08-17)
>
> git (master) $ git describe
> v1.6.0-2-g2ebc02d

The 'g' character is not part of the sha1, but just a prefix used by git describe. The point of this alias is to refer (in email or other writing) to commits. Obviously just the sha1 would be sufficient, but the subject and date of the commit gives the reader some context without them having to plug it into git-show.

-Peff
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Message 21 of 32 in “allow user aliases for the --author parameter”
  1. allow user aliases for the --author parameterMichael J Gruber, Aug 21, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaAug 21, 2008
  3. Michael J GruberAug 21, 2008
  4. Alex RiesenAug 21, 2008
  5. Alex RiesenAug 21, 2008
  6. Jeff KingAug 21, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  8. Michael J GruberAug 22, 2008
  9. Jeff KingAug 22, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2008
  11. Jeff KingAug 22, 2008
  12. allow user aliases for the --author parameterMichael J Gruber, Aug 26, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2008
  14. Jeff KingAug 27, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2008
  16. Michael J GruberAug 27, 2008
  17. Jeff KingAug 27, 2008
  18. Jeff KingAug 27, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2008
  20. Pedro MeloAug 24, 2008
  21. Jeff KingAug 24, 2008
  22. fix "git log -i --grep"Jeff King, Aug 25, 2008
  23. format-patch: use default diff format even with patch optionsJeff King, Aug 25, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008
  26. Jeff KingAug 25, 2008
  27. Jeff KingAug 25, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008
  29. Jeff KingAug 27, 2008
  30. Michael J GruberAug 28, 2008
  31. Jeff KingAug 28, 2008
  32. Jeff KingAug 28, 2008

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