Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc/SubmittingPatches: show how to get a CLI commit summary

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2017, 19:07 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq37ea2ykh.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170318184203.16890-3-avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

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>  The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
> -format.
> +format, or this invocation of "git show":
>  
> +    git show -s --date=format:%Y-%m-%d --pretty='commit %h ("%s", %ad)' <commit>

I've seen (I think I stole it from Peff) this one recommended often on the list, which is shorter:

    $ git show --date=short -s --pretty='format:%h ("%s", %ad)' <commit>

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