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

> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>
> Will this work for you?
>
> $ git show -s --pretty='%cd | %an' --date=format:%FT%R:%S
> 2017-02-02T10:01:36 | G. Sylvie Davies

> I have no idea how portable this might be.  As "git help log" says:
>
>          --date=format:...  feeds the format ...  to your system
> strftime. Use --date=format:%c to show the date in your system
> locale’s preferred format. See the strftime manual for a complete list
> of format placeholders.