From: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 22:37:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] In `git log --graph`, default to --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
Message-ID: <CAMMLpeQbz5qHyK8e4gZ0zKQ5na+zQCd49GZifKZ_iO-gXrs1Gg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq36ncpgpe.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 7:03 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Having --pretty=medium as the default almost always makes the graph too
> > difficult to follow.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
> > ---
>
> I too thought that "--graph" should make "--oneline" the default
> back when I originally accepted the patch series that introduced the
> "--graph" feature, but with frequent use of "--graph" myself, I
> stopped being sure that "--oneline" should be the default long time
> ago.  I find that the default level of prettiness goes reasonably
> well with the "--graph" option.
>
> This would be something that needs a long transition period if
> somebody really wants to force people to adapt to it.  I am not sure
> if the complication is worth it.

Can we compromise and make --pretty=short the default for --graph?

-Alex