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Re: [PATCH] Specify a precision for the length of a subject string

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Dec 21, 2011, 11:26 UTC
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"Nathan W. Panike" <nathan.panike@gmail.com> writes:
> $ git log --pretty='%h %30s' d165204 -1

In C's formatted output this syntax denotes a minimum field width, not a precision, so it will probably be surprising to many people.

Andreas.
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  1. Specify a precision for the length of a subject stringNathan W. Panike, Dec 20, 2011
  2. Thomas RastDec 20, 2011
  3. Nathan PanikeDec 20, 2011
  4. Jeff KingDec 21, 2011
  5. Nathan PanikeDec 21, 2011
  6. Jeff KingDec 23, 2011
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  8. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2011
  9. Jeff KingDec 23, 2011
  10. Jeff KingDec 23, 2011
  11. 1/2 pretty: refactor --format "magic" placeholdersJeff King, Dec 23, 2011
  12. 2/2 pretty: allow "max-size" magic for all placeholdersJeff King, Dec 23, 2011
  13. Andreas SchwabDec 21, 2011
  14. Nathan PanikeDec 21, 2011
  15. Miles BaderDec 23, 2011

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