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Re: [PATCH 0/3] pretty: format aliases

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 26, 2010, 22:00 UTC
Message-ID
<20100426220049.GA15903@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To
<1272316461.5368.4.camel@walleee>
Will Palmer wrote:
> [pretty]
>     changelog = ...
Fine by me. :)
> On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 13:37 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>>  [logformat]
>> 	changelog = ...
[...]
> I like the one-level-of-hierarchy thing ([format "pretty"] is ugly for a
> number of reasons), but two problems with that specific name:
>  - it says "log", while this effects more than the "log" command
>  - it says "format", while this doesn't effect --format.

Ah, but it does affect --format. When Nanako wrote commit 3a4c1a5 (Add --format that is a synonym to --pretty, 2009-02-24), the new option made me very happy. And since then it has remained a synonym.

Cheers, Jonathan

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Message 14 of 16 in “pretty: format aliases”
  1. 0/3 pretty: format aliasesWill Palmer, Apr 25, 2010
  2. 1/3 pretty: add conditional %C?colorname placeholdersWill Palmer, Apr 25, 2010
  3. Alex RiesenApr 26, 2010
  4. 2/3 pretty: make %H/%h dependent on --abbrev[-commit]Will Palmer, Apr 25, 2010
  5. 3/3 pretty: add aliases for pretty formatsWill Palmer, Apr 25, 2010
  6. Jeff KingApr 25, 2010
  7. Will PalmerApr 25, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederApr 25, 2010
  9. Jeff KingApr 26, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2010
  11. Jeff KingApr 26, 2010
  12. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2010
  13. Will PalmerApr 26, 2010
  14. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2010
  15. Jeff KingApr 27, 2010
  16. Will PalmerApr 26, 2010

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