Re: [PATCH] rev-list: '--indent' oneline output

From: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date: May 20, 2007, 16:12 UTC
Message-ID: <FAA26696-F444-4057-AED4-02B413B8A36D@zib.de>
In-Reply-To: <1179676829751-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

On May 20, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

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> As a result, the output of
>     git-rev-list --pretty=oneline --topo-order --indent
> is formatted in a way that resembles merge summaries. All commits that
> were pulled from a branch are indented with one additional space below
> the summary of the merge commit.

I created the patch to illustrate how the history could be formatted to replace summaries.

For example
     git-rev-list --pretty=oneline --topo-order --indent 404fdef2 |  
cut -d ' ' -f 2-
outputs

Merge branch 'maint'
  Documentation: Reformatted SYNOPSIS for several commands
  Documentation: Added [verse] to SYNOPSIS where necessary
  Documentation/git.txt: Update links to older documentation pages.
gitweb: Fix "Use of uninitialized value" warning in git_feed
Merge branch 'sp/cvsexport'
  Optimized cvsexportcommit: calling 'cvs status' once instead of  
once per touched file.
Add link to 1.5.1.5 release notes.
Merge 1.5.1.5 in
  GIT v1.5.1.5
  Merge branch 'maint' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/git into maint
   user-manual: reorganize public git repo discussion
   user-manual: listing commits reachable from some refs not others
   user-manual: introduce git
   user-manual: add a "counting commits" example
   user-manual: move howto/using-topic-branches into manual
   user-manual: move howto/make-dist.txt into user manual
   Documentation: remove howto's now incorporated into manual
   user-manual: move quick-start to an appendix
   glossary: expand and clarify some definitions, prune cross-references
   user-manual: revise birdseye-view chapter
   Add a birdview-on-the-source-code section to the user manual
  Documentation: git-rev-list's "patterns"
gitweb: Remove redundant $searchtype setup
[...]

- Steffen