# [PATCH] docs/pretty-formats: stress that %- removes all preceding line-feeds 2 messages from 2017-06-15 to 2017-06-16. Participants: SZEDER Gábor, Jonathan Nieder. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46186 ## SZEDER Gábor, 2017-06-15 10:36 Subject: [PATCH] docs/pretty-formats: stress that %- removes all preceding line-feeds Message-ID: <20170615103607.11119-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170615103607.11119-1-szeder.dev%40gmail.com ``` Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor --- A mere plural "line-feeds" was too subtle for me to grasp on first (and second...) reading. Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 38040e95b..a48d267e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ If you add a `+` (plus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, a line-feed is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the placeholder expands to a non-empty string. -If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, line-feeds that -immediately precede the expansion are deleted if and only if the +If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, all consecutive +line-feeds immediately preceding the expansion are deleted if and only if the placeholder expands to an empty string. If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space -- 2.13.1.505.g7cc9fcafb ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2017-06-16 18:30 Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/pretty-formats: stress that %- removes all preceding line-feeds Message-ID: <20170616183034.GY133952@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170616183034.GY133952%40aiede.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: <20170615103607.11119-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> ``` SZEDER Gábor wrote: > Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor > --- > A mere plural "line-feeds" was too subtle for me to grasp on first > (and second...) reading. This could go in the commit message. > Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) With or without such a tweak, Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder Thanks. > diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt > index 38040e95b..a48d267e2 100644 > --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt > +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt > @@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ If you add a `+` (plus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, a line-feed > is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the > placeholder expands to a non-empty string. > > -If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, line-feeds that > -immediately precede the expansion are deleted if and only if the > +If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, all consecutive > +line-feeds immediately preceding the expansion are deleted if and only if the > placeholder expands to an empty string. > > If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space ```