Re: [PATCH 3/5] doc/pretty-formats: describe index/time formats for %gd

From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Jul 11, 2016, 16:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20160711164834.GC3890@thunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160711050513.GC32514@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 01:05:13AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

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> The "reflog selector" format changes based on a series of
> heuristics, and that applies equally to both stock "log -g"
> output, as well as "--format=%gd". The documentation for
> "%gd" doesn't cover this. Let's mention the multiple formats
> and refer the user back to the "-g" section for the complete
> rules.

Is it worth mentioning that the shortening only happens if the user specifies a selector with '/' in it in the first place? I was confused when I was first playing with these selectors because %gd and %gD are identical if you run

	git reflog --format=%gd -3 master
	git reflog --format=%gD -3 master

and are only different if you run:

	git reflog --format=%gd -3 refs/heads/master
	git reflog --format=%gD -3 refs/heads/master

					- Ted