Re: Git for Windows v2.23.0-rc0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.23.0-rc0

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 1, 2019, 03:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsgqlo9j6.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190801010022.GA6553@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> This seems OK to me, though I kind of wonder if anybody really wants
> "auto". Unlike log.decorate, which changes the syntax, there is no real
> reason to avoid mailmap when somebody else is parsing the output. And I
> could imagine it is especially confusing if:
>
>   git log --author=whoever
>
> and
>
>   git log | grep whoever | wc -l
>
> do not agree.

I personally do not think it is too late to change for the upcoming release, either.

But 'auto' that changes the displayed name depending on the output being or not being a terminal makes little sense, I would think, for the above reason.