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Re: More support on branch description?

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Jan 19, 2012, 15:14 UTC
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On 01/19/2012 03:14 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
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> The coming v1.7.9 will introduce branch description, mainly used in
> integration process. I think we could make it useful for users who
> don't extensively use request-pull/format-patch. Showing a short
> summary along with branch name in "git branch" would be nice. "branch
> -v" is already used for something else, maybe we can come up with
> another option, or "-v -v"? Another place we could show branch
> description is "git status". What do you think?

Junio suggested a new option "--verbose-format" for branch some weeks ago:

	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/186727

I planned on working on it, but haven't found the time yet nor do I really know which way to go.? (pretty.c seems to be the right place for format code, but it's very commit format specific atm.)

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  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 19, 2012
  2. Michael SchubertJan 19, 2012
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 19, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2012
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 20, 2012

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