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How to use git show's "%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])"?

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HWHilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2017, 17:51 UTC
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Hi all,

I'm trying to get the committer date printed in a custom fashion. Using "%cI" gets me close:

$ git show --format="%cI | %an" master | head -n 1 2017-01-31T17:02:13-08:00 | Hilco Wijbenga

I would like to get rid of the "-08:00" bit at the end of the timestamp. According to the "git show" manual I should be able to use "%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])" to drop that last part.

$ git show --format="%<(19,trunc)cI | %an" master | head -n 1 cI | Hilco Wijbenga

Mmm, it seems to be recognized as a valid "something" but it's not working as I had expected. :-) I tried several other versions of this but no luck. Clearly, I'm misunderstanding the format description. How do I get "2017-01-31T17:02:13 | Hilco Wijbenga" to be output?

Cheers, Hilco

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  1. Hilco WijbengaFeb 2, 2017
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