Re: git --format anyone ?

From: John Emmas <john@creativepost.co.uk>
Date: Mar 16, 2026, 15:09 UTC
Message-ID: <a6d27f02-bd40-4901-bb0c-0d3a763b512c@creativepost.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <ff0e899a-3d8b-4f46-8585-55881546423b@app.fastmail.com>

Many thanks Kristoffer,

I'd just posted some further information after realising there's Git forum available but your reply makes a lot of sense so thanks for letting me know.

John

On 16/03/2026 11:45, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:

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> The `git` command itself does not have a `--format` option. Some
> subcommands do like git-log(1).
>
>      git log --format=<something>
>
>> I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with
>> various parameters of course).
> `git log --format=<something>` is for formatting log output. But since a
> project “requires it” could this be formatting in the sense of formatting
> source code?
>
> You can for example use the third-party git-clang-format(1) on this
> project. But it is third-party. It is not part of the git(1) suite of
> commands.