Re: About git pretty

> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > Felipe Contreras wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Please read aloud the following commands:
> >> git log --pretty=short
> >> git log --pretty=full
> >> git log --pretty=format:%s
> >>
> >> It is just me or 'pretty full' doesn't exactly convey the meaning of 
> >> the action to execute?
> >
> > But "pretty short" and "pretty format" is. :)
> >
> >> How about:
> >> git log --format=short
> >> git log --format=full
> >> git log --format=custom:%s
> >>
> >> If you like the idea I can work on a patch.
> >
> > Because --pretty=<format> is an option taken by many git commands 
> > including git plumbing (e.g. rev-list), many scripts will rely on 
> > "--pretty" and they all would have to be changed. And --pretty exists 
> > since Jan 2005 (see 9d97aa64).
> 
> Well, it might be difficult, but that doesn't mean it should not be 
> done. Just like the 'git-*' removal, there could be a period for 
> transition.