Re: [RFC PATCH] show decorations at the end of the line

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Feb 21, 2017, 22:24 UTC
Message-ID: <20170221222451.kiuyrp3raufhvkte@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8tozfc7a.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 01:47:37PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> > So the best I could come up with is:
> >
> >   git config pretty.twoline '%C(auto)%h %s%C(auto)%+d'
> >   git log --format=twoline
> > [...]
>
> Yeah, I had a similar thought to use something around "%n%-d", but
> 
>  $ git log --format='%h%n%-d%C(auto) %s %C(auto)'
> 
> is not it.
> 
> I guess we could pile on another hack to make the sign between % and
> the format specifier cumulative and then "%n%-+d" may do what we
> want, but we need a true %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end) support
> if we really want to do this thing properly.

Yeah, I'd rather not pile up more hacks. The for-each-ref placeholders are more verbose, but I think the end result is a lot easier to read and maintain, and the terseness doesn't matter if you're sticking it behind an alias or config option.

(Don't get me wrong; I think the %(if) ones are pretty ugly, too, but the next step beyond that is embedding some kind of templating or scripting language, and that just seems like overkill).

-Peff