# git rev-list --pretty=raw strips empty lines 1 messages from 2009-10-06 to 2009-10-06. Participants: Rolf Bjarne Kvinge. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21140 ## Rolf Bjarne Kvinge, 2009-10-06 12:33 Subject: git rev-list --pretty=raw strips empty lines Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/op.u1do6bq5k71drc%40linux.lacasa ``` Hi, It seems like the --pretty=raw format strips off empty newlines from the beginning of log messages, while I'd expect the raw format to not do any transformations (just as the documentation says: "The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as stored in the commit object"). I've attached a test script that I can use to reproduce with current master (dbc1b1f71052c0) The below changes works for me, not sure if I'm right about this though (my first time here ;-) Rolf diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c index f5983f8..1037700 100644 --- a/pretty.c +++ b/pretty.c @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ void pp_remainder(enum cmit_fmt fmt, break; if (is_empty_line(line, &linelen)) { - if (first) + if (first && fmt != CMIT_FMT_RAW) continue; if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_SHORT) break; @@ -952,7 +952,8 @@ void pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit, } /* Skip excess blank lines at the beginning of body, if any... */ - msg = skip_empty_lines(msg); + if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_RAW) + msg = skip_empty_lines(msg); /* These formats treat the title line specially. */ if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE || fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ```