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
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