Re: git reflog --date

From: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 21, 2014, 18:12 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHQ6N+qkQbmhY-nueF28+iRhbVvH__gihXb6yyj3dRbgpbV18g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8uk91emg.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Great - now I just need to persuade someone very nice nicely.. :-)

On 21 October 2014 19:06, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> For me, writing "git reflog @{now}"  is a lot less intuitive than "git
>> reflog --date"
>>
>> Currently the top google search for this question is here:
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17369254/is-there-a-way-to-cause-git-reflog-to-show-a-date-alongside-each-entry
>>
>> Which doesn't mention "@{now}"   at all.
>
> I would say that a site where cluelesses attempt to lead other
> cluelesses is not the best source of information ;-), but that tells
> us that either our docs are not read by people or they do not give
> necessary information to them clearly enough.
>
>> My opinion:
>>
>> 1. Add --date   as an option to reflog.  Perhaps using the log.date
>> format as the default.
>> 2. Document --date in the man page for "git reflog"
>> 3. Document @{now}  in the man page for "git reflog"
>>
>> Sound good?
>
> The order of changes is questionable, but other than that, I think
> that would be a good way forward.