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Re: [PATCH] pretty: add '*' modifier to add LF after non-empty

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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 14, 2012, 20:01 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Luc Pionchon <pionchon.luc@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Add the '*' modifier, similar to the '+' modifier,
>> to add a line-feed after a non-empty placeholder.
>
> Hrm, I thought I designed the plus and minus fairly carefully so that
> nobody needs to add this later.
>
> Wouldn't it be sufficient to write
>
>        Foo%n%-d
>
> that says "We usually have LF after Foo, and write %d after that, but we
> might not have anything interesting in %d at all, in which case we don't
> add that %n"?
>
>> +test_expect_success 'add LF after non-empty (1) (empty)' '
>> +     git show -s --pretty=format:"%*d%s%nfoo%n" HEAD^^ >actual &&
>
> Shouldn't this be equivalent to "%n%-d%s%nfoo%n", which in turn is covered
> by one of the previous tests (del LF before empty)?
Nope.
Try this:
--- a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
+++ b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
@@ -208,6 +208,25 @@ test_expect_success 'add LF before non-empty (2)' '
        grep "^$" actual
 '

+test_expect_success 'add LF after non-empty (1) (empty)' '
+       git show -s --pretty=format:"%n%-d%s%nfoo%n" HEAD^^ >actual &&
+       cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+       added foo
+       foo
+       EOF
+       test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'add LF after non-empty (2) (non empty)' '
+       git show -s --pretty=format:"%n%-d%s%nfoo%n" HEAD >actual &&
+       cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+        (HEAD, master)
+       Test printing of complex bodies
+       foo
+       EOF
+       test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'add SP before non-empty (1)' '
        git show -s --pretty=format:"%s% bThanks" HEAD^^ >actual &&
        test $(wc -w <actual) = 2

Luc's patch makes these tests work.

I don't know if there's any way to have a format string that works
with the current code, but your suggestion doesn't seem to do the
trick.

Cheers.
-- 
Felipe Contreras
Previous: Luc Pionchon
Message 4 of 4 in “pretty: add '*' modifier to add LF after non-empty”
  1. pretty: add '*' modifier to add LF after non-emptyLuc Pionchon, Feb 23, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2012
  3. Luc PionchonFeb 24, 2012
  4. Felipe ContrerasApr 14, 2012

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