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something like git-for-each-ref's --format for commits?

Subject: something like git-for-each-ref's --format for commits?

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2 messages between Jan 6, 2008 and Jan 6, 2008.

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Brian Swetland· Jan 6, 2008, 08:52 UTC · lore

I'm trying to obtain various information about commits from a script. The --format option to git-for-each-ref would be perfect, except that it only operates on refs, not arbitrary commit objects.

The --pretty=format:... option for git-log, etc has the annoying property of giving you <unknown> instead of an empty string if an item isn't example (say if you use %b on a commit with no body).

Am I missing some obvious solution here?

Thanks,

Brian

Jeff King· Jan 6, 2008, 09:05 UTC · re: Brian Swetland · lore

Re: something like git-for-each-ref's --format for commits?

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 12:52:21AM -0800, Brian Swetland wrote:

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> The --pretty=format:... option for git-log, etc has the annoying
> property of giving you <unknown> instead of an empty string if an
> item isn't example (say if you use %b on a commit with no body).
> 
> Am I missing some obvious solution here?

I think --pretty=format: is what you are looking for. The "<unknown>" behavior is fixed in the upcoming v1.5.4 (you get the empty string for your example).

-Peff