I'm not sure what version the `%>` / `<|` / etc padding showed up in,
but they're truly excellent for building beautiful one-line `git log`
output.
This may be a long-shot, but, unfortunately, these new formats sort of
fall flat in the presence of `git log --graph`: The ‘pad until column’
feature, which when reading the manpage, I desperately hoped
*specifically exists* to replace the normal ‘pad with spaces’ in
situations where `--graph` adds an un-known number of characters to the
start of the line ... unfortunately doesn't seem to work that way.
For instance, here's some truncated output from a basic `--graph`:
$ git log --graph --abbrev=8 --pretty="tformat:%h %s"
...
* | a4402023 + basic boilerplate for Liability / LiabilityFamily
* | 32ed6de8 Merge branch 'queueless' into queueless+
|\ \
| * \ 1e53ea10 (merge misc) Bring in some `bats` fixes, and re-sty
| |\ \
| | |/
| | * c8c270ff (!! new doc) Add rationale for basically *all* of the
Here's what `%>|(16)%h` gives me:
$ git log --graph --abbrev=8 --pretty="tformat:%>|(16)%h %s"
...
* | a4402023 + basic boilerplate for Liability / LiabilityFa
* | 32ed6de8 Merge branch 'queueless' into queueless+
|\ \
| * \ 1e53ea10 (merge misc) Bring in some `bats` fixes, an
| |\ \
| | |/
| | * c8c270ff (!! new doc) Add rationale for basically *all
Here's something like what I'd *like* to have seen:
$ git log --graph --abbrev=8 --pretty="tformat:%>|(16)%h %s"
...
* | a4402023 + basic boilerplate for Liability / LiabilityFamily
* | 32ed6de8 Merge branch 'queueless' into queueless+
|\ \
| * \ 1e53ea10 (merge misc) Bring in some `bats` fixes, and re-sty
| * \ 1e53ea10 (merge misc) Bring in some `bats` fixes, and re-sty
| |\ \
| | |/
| | * c8c270ff (!! new doc) Add rationale for basically *all* of t
So: Is this nigh-unimplementable? I once [dove into the git-log
source][patch], and I recall the `--graph` code being terrifying; so if
this is difficult to support, I can see why it would be left out.
If I'm off, though, and this is just an oversight, it'd be really neat
to see somebody implement it! (=
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[patch]: <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/226387>
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