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Re: [PATCH 3/3] pretty: support multiline subjects with format:

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Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date
Dec 28, 2008, 14:08 UTC
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<200812281508.02658.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
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<20081228090909.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
Nanako Shiraishi, 28.12.2008:
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> Quoting Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>:
> 
> >> For consistency and increased code reuse, change format: to do the
> >> same as the other options.
> >
> > What's wrong with using the first line instead of the first paragraph
> > for the other pretty options and for cases where only a small subject
> > line is desired?
> 
> There were too many issues. The mail archive tells us that there were
> considerable discussions and thoughts behind the current behavior:

Many thanks for all the pointers. I thought there were reasons, but this thread just made me ask.

Markus
Previous: Miklos VajnaNext: René Scharfe
Message 7 of 15 in “pretty: factor out skip_empty_lines()”
  1. 1/3 pretty: factor out skip_empty_lines()René Scharfe, Dec 27, 2008
  2. 2/3 pretty: factor out format_subject()René Scharfe, Dec 27, 2008
  3. 3/3 pretty: support multiline subjects with format:René Scharfe, Dec 27, 2008
  4. Markus HeidelbergDec 27, 2008
  5. Nanako ShiraishiDec 28, 2008
  6. Miklos VajnaDec 28, 2008
  7. Markus HeidelbergDec 28, 2008
  8. René ScharfeDec 28, 2008
  9. Markus HeidelbergDec 28, 2008
  10. René ScharfeDec 29, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2009
  12. 4/3 shortlog: handle multi-line subjects like log --pretty=oneline et. al. doRené Scharfe, Jan 6, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2008
  15. Markus HeidelbergDec 28, 2008

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