# inconsistent logs when displayed on screen / piped to a file 5 messages from 2012-07-30 to 2012-07-31. Participants: Mojca Miklavec, Michael J Gruber, Carlos Martín Nieto, Jan Engelhardt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31137 ## Mojca Miklavec, 2012-07-30 12:25 Subject: inconsistent logs when displayed on screen / piped to a file Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALBOmsYh5AgpRQe28yUcChqemQ7HFMHahesGj_MPwQXDF-EM%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello, I'm trying to use "git log" to generate ChangeLog for a project recently migrated from CVS. The problem is that git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short --decorate=short behaves differently when the result is displayed on screen and when it is piped to a file. For example, running the commands: a) git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short --decorate=short e9f65aa976 b) git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short --decorate=short e9f65aa976 > /tmp/log.txt would result in two different outputs: a) aquaterm/Docs/gptProtocol.rtf | 316 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/classes.nib | 12 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1010 bytes aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/classes.nib | 4 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/info.nib | 12 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1232 bytes aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/classes.nib | 13 ++ aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + b) aquaterm/Docs/gptProtocol.rtf | 316 ++++++ .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/classes.nib | 12 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1010 bytes .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/classes.nib | 4 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/info.nib | 12 + .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1232 bytes aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/classes.nib | 13 + aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + The project where the results could be easily reproduced is the following: https://github.com/AquaTerm/AquaTerm git://github.com/AquaTerm/AquaTerm.git It is possible that I screwed up something when importing the project from CVS. In that case I would be happy if someone could point me out what exactly I did wrong, and I can still rewrite the history before the first release of the project using git. But in any case I find it weird that I get two different outputs. I would be grateful for any clues or hints about what goes wrong. Mojca ``` ## Michael J Gruber, 2012-07-30 13:39 Subject: Re: inconsistent logs when displayed on screen / piped to a file Message-ID: <50168E93.2090202@drmicha.warpmail.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/50168E93.2090202%40drmicha.warpmail.net In-Reply-To: ``` Mojca Miklavec venit, vidit, dixit 30.07.2012 14:25: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use "git log" to generate ChangeLog for a project > recently migrated from CVS. > > The problem is that > git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short --decorate=short > behaves differently when the result is displayed on screen and when it > is piped to a file. > > For example, running the commands: > a) git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short > --decorate=short e9f65aa976 > b) git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short > --decorate=short e9f65aa976 > /tmp/log.txt > would result in two different outputs: > > a) > > aquaterm/Docs/gptProtocol.rtf | 316 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/classes.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1010 bytes > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/classes.nib | 4 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/info.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1232 bytes > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/classes.nib | 13 ++ > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > > b) > > aquaterm/Docs/gptProtocol.rtf | 316 ++++++ > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/classes.nib | 12 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1010 bytes > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/classes.nib | 4 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/info.nib | 12 + > .../English.lproj/GPTInfoWindow~.nib/objects.nib | Bin 0 -> 1232 bytes > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/classes.nib | 13 + > aquaterm/English.lproj/GPTWindow.nib/info.nib | 12 + > > > The project where the results could be easily reproduced is the following: > https://github.com/AquaTerm/AquaTerm > git://github.com/AquaTerm/AquaTerm.git > > It is possible that I screwed up something when importing the project > from CVS. In that case I would be happy if someone could point me out > what exactly I did wrong, and I can still rewrite the history before > the first release of the project using git. > > But in any case I find it weird that I get two different outputs. > > I would be grateful for any clues or hints about what goes wrong. > > Mojca > The only difference that I see is the formatting. ("..." is merely an abbreviation for a leading path.) a) probes your terminal for the number of columns and uses all available space. b) goes to a file and has no connected terminal, thus uses a default column number. You can change that number using COLUMNS=YourNumber git log YourArgs > YourFile Michael ``` ## Carlos Martín Nieto, 2012-07-30 13:50 Subject: Re: inconsistent logs when displayed on screen / piped to a file Message-ID: <1343656217.3970.5.camel@centaur.cmartin.tk> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1343656217.3970.5.camel%40centaur.cmartin.tk In-Reply-To: <50168E93.2090202@drmicha.warpmail.net> ``` On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 15:39 +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote: > a) probes your terminal for the number of columns and uses all available > space. > > b) goes to a file and has no connected terminal, thus uses a default > column number. You can change that number using > > COLUMNS=YourNumber git log YourArgs > YourFile You can also pass a width to --stat. See the git log manpage for details about which widths you can override. cmn ``` ## Mojca Miklavec, 2012-07-30 14:58 Subject: Re: inconsistent logs when displayed on screen / piped to a file Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALBOmsage%2BGx9%3DbkH0rX1SvViSbMUPUWuYoifjgEnsjw%2B0%3Dosw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <50168E93.2090202@drmicha.warpmail.net> ``` On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Michael J Gruber wrote: > Mojca Miklavec venit, vidit, dixit 30.07.2012 14:25: >> >> I'm trying to use "git log" to generate ChangeLog for a project >> recently migrated from CVS. >> >> The problem is that >> git log --summary --stat --no-merges --date=short --decorate=short >> behaves differently when the result is displayed on screen and when it >> is piped to a file. > > The only difference that I see is the formatting. ("..." is merely an > abbreviation for a leading path.) > > a) probes your terminal for the number of columns and uses all available > space. > > b) goes to a file and has no connected terminal, thus uses a default > column number. You can change that number using > > COLUMNS=YourNumber git log YourArgs > YourFile Wow, perfect, thank you very much. Setting COLUMNS=200 (the high number just in case) solved the problem. Mojca ``` ## Jan Engelhardt, 2012-07-31 08:08 Subject: Re: inconsistent logs when displayed on screen / piped to a file Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LNX.2.01.1207311008350.11095%40frira.zrqbmnf.qr In-Reply-To: ``` On Monday 2012-07-30 16:58, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> >> COLUMNS=YourNumber git log YourArgs > YourFile > >Wow, perfect, thank you very much. Setting COLUMNS=200 (the high >number just in case) solved the problem. 200 ought to be enough for everybody? PATH_MAX is never enough... ```