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Re: [PATCH 1/3] for-each-ref: introduce %C(...) for color

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 12, 2013, 03:38 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>     $ git show -s --format='%CredAnd%CyellowAreNotTheSameColor'
Ouch, this is quite a disaster.
Show 8 quoted lines
> It would have been much saner if we started from %(color:yellow),
> %(subject), etc., i.e. have a single long-hand magic introducer
> %(...), and added a set of often-used short-hands like %s.
>
> I am not opposed to unify the internal implementations and the
> external interfaces of pretty, for-each-ref and friends, but
> modelling the external UI after the "mnemonic only with ad hoc
> additions" mess the pretty-format uses is a huge mistake.

Okay, I'm convinced; I'll rework the series to do %(color:...) and resubmit shortly.

Thanks.
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Message 12 of 15 in “Minor f-e-r enhacements”
  1. 0/3 Minor f-e-r enhacementsRamkumar Ramachandra, Oct 31, 2013
  2. 1/3 for-each-ref: introduce %C(...) for colorRamkumar Ramachandra, Oct 31, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 1, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 2, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2013
  8. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 7, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2013
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 8, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2013
  12. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 12, 2013
  13. 2/3 for-each-ref: introduce %(HEAD) asterisk markerRamkumar Ramachandra, Oct 31, 2013
  14. 3/3 for-each-ref: introduce %(upstream:track[short])Ramkumar Ramachandra, Oct 31, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2013

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