Re: [BUG] git log --graph --pretty=format misplaces graph characters when -p given

From: Pushkar Singh <pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2026, 17:27 UTC
Message-ID: <CALE2CrR5MS=LmXGYW8VbN_trLzMf1tk3BEkh3wv=hju9AWQbeg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <trinity-ed0884d3-098e-44be-aa1a-a96f664ce7ca-1770049279182@trinity-msg-rest-gmx-gmx-live-5dd78c558c-fv4g4>

Hi,

I can reproduce this on Git 2.43.0.

Minimal steps:

    git init
    echo first >test.txt
    git add test.txt
    git commit -m "first"

    echo second >>test.txt
    git add test.txt
    git commit -m "second"

Then:

    git log --graph --pretty='format:%h' -p

I see the same trailing "|" after the commit hash:

    * 0139218|
    | diff --git ...

So the graph character appears on the wrong line, matching your report.

Tested on WSL/Linux.

Thanks, Pushkar