format.date config variable sets the default date-time mode for the log command. Setting format.date value is similar to using git log's --date option.
Also, add missing "short" alternative to --date in rev-list-options.txt. --- I wanted to read all the logs in ISO 8601 time format so I decided to implement this option.
Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++++ Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 5 +++-- builtin-log.c | 10 ++++++++++ 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/rev-list-options.txt, builtin-log.c
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 217980f..ddc68bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -573,6 +573,12 @@ fetch.unpackLimit:: especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. +format.date:: + Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting format.date + value is similar to using git log's --date option. The value is one of + following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. + See linkgit:git-log[1]. + format.numbered:: A boolean which can enable sequence numbers in patch subjects. Setting this option to "auto" will enable it only if there is diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 2648a55..3d47dc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] Synonym for `--date=relative`. ---date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc}:: +--date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}:: Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such - as when using "--pretty". + as when using "--pretty". format.date config variable sets a default + value for log command's --date option. + `--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time, e.g. "2 hours ago". diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c index 9d046b2..d3ff8f6 100644 --- a/builtin-log.c +++ b/builtin-log.c @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ #include "run-command.h" #include "shortlog.h" +/* Set a default date-time format for git log */ +static const char *default_date_mode = NULL; + static int default_show_root = 1; static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH"; static const char *fmt_pretty; @@ -61,7 +64,12 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev->diffopt, RECURSIVE); rev->show_root_diff = default_show_root; rev->subject_prefix = fmt_patch_subject_prefix; + + if (default_date_mode) + rev->date_mode = parse_date_format(default_date_mode); + argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, rev, "HEAD"); + if (rev->diffopt.pickaxe || rev->diffopt.filter) rev->always_show_header = 0; if (DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, FOLLOW_RENAMES)) { @@ -224,6 +232,8 @@ static int cmd_log_walk(struct rev_info *rev) static int git_log_config(const char *var, const char *value) { + if (!strcmp(var, "format.date")) + return git_config_string(&default_date_mode, var, value); if (!strcmp(var, "format.pretty")) return git_config_string(&fmt_pretty, var, value); if (!strcmp(var, "format.subjectprefix")) {
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