Re: git --format anyone ?

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Mar 16, 2026, 11:45 UTC
Message-ID: <ff0e899a-3d8b-4f46-8585-55881546423b@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <457209f3-e998-4223-bdf3-57245bc51926@creativepost.co.uk>

On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, at 11:12, John Emmas wrote:

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> I'm hoping this is the right mailing list (I'm using a product called
> Git for Windows and its logo looks the same on your website!)
>
> I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with
> various parameters of course). I'm currently running version 2.51.2
> which looks fairly recent and if I simply type "git" it displays a list
> of available options - but it doesn't deem to offer an option called
> 'format' :-(
>
> I gather that the latest version is 2.53.0 so would it be worthwhile for
> me to upgrade? i.e. would that then offer me git --format? Thanks,

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.