Re: [PATCH] log --oneline: put decoration at the end of the line
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
- Date
- Sep 19, 2012, 23:42 UTC
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- <20120919234226.GA27626@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 04:34:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > Yeah, I do not think it is likely. Among the in-tree scripts, > > git-stash does use rev-list --oneline but the purpose of the call > > exactly is to grab a human readable one line summary, and it will be > > happy with any change to make --oneline more human readble. > > Having said that, one of my often used alias is > > [alias] recent = log --branches --oneline --no-merges --decorate --since=3.weeks > > to help me see what topics in flight may potentially interact with > an incoming patch, when deciding on which commit to base the patch > on. Pushing the decoration at the end to let it fall off the right > edge of the screen severely reduces the usefulness of it and defeats > the point of using --decorate, at least for this use. > > I could use --source instead, though, if it is not moved by the > patch.
If you are particular about the exact format, how about using --format="%h%d %s" instead?
Obviously Duy could do the same to achieve his format, but I think there is still value in considering what the default for --oneline should be.
-Peff