Re: [git rebase -i] show time and author besides commit hash and message?

From: ryenus <ryenus@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 31, 2016, 15:27 UTC
Message-ID: <CAKkAvay4YuRuGhub6W308+DmrZtrO3+NWu8NvfB--Mb9Z59Xzw@mail.gmail.com>
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> It is possible to change the format globally via config option
> rebase.instructionFormat:
>
>     $ git config rebase.instructionFormat "%an (%ad): %s"
>
> The format is the same as for 'git log'. This one outputs author
> name, date, and the first line of commit message.

Thanks for the prompt response! I tried immediately, it works just as you have pointed out.

Just it seems coloring is not supported? probably because we're inside an editor?

> This option is supported since Git 2.6.

I missed it, what about including a note about this option as part of the comment in git rebase -i? since that's the place where people would most likely think about it?

> Or are you interested in a command-line option that can change
> the format on per-invocation basis? I think there isn't one.
> It can be interesting to add it, but I don't think it has much
> utility...

Not much, for git log I'd rather setup an alias "git la", than having to remember various fields, colors, padding options to have a nice output.