Re: [PATCH 2/2] pretty: add '%aA' to show domain-part of email addresses

From: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2023, 06:58 UTC
Message-ID: <9a1e3e90-3e94-41fa-897d-5c64c4a42871@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20231028032221.GB1784118@shaak>

On 28/10/2023 04:22, Liam Beguin wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 10:13:01PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
>> One way you could directly use this is in shortlog, which these days
>> lets you group by specific formats. So:
>>
>>    git shortlog -ns --group=format:%aA
> 
> That's exactly what I implemented this for :-)

Another potential use case is custom log formats where one might want to color the local-part separately from the domain part.

>> It also feels like a symmetric match to "%al", which already exists.

Speaking of symmetry, I think it would need "%c" counterparts for the coloring use case.

> I chose the "a" for "address", but I'm not sold on %aa either.
> I just couldn't find anything better that wasn't already taken.
> 
> What about "a@"?

Makes sense, and I suppose there's "%G?" as precedent for using a symbol rather than letter in these.

If that's not suitable though, how about "m" for "mail domain"? It also immediately follows "l" for "local-part" in the alphabet.

Regards, Andy