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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add --pretty=changelog
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:11:00 -0800
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > This outputs the log in GNU ChangeLog format.
> > 
> > Please don't call it "changelog".  I personally find this format horrid 
> > and "changelog" is too generic for such a specific format.  
> > "gnu_changelog" maybe...
> 
> Fair enough. Maybe with a dash, so it is easier to type?

> --- a/commit.c
> +++ b/commit.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct cmt_fmt_map {
>  	{ "fuller",	5,	CMIT_FMT_FULLER },
>  	{ "oneline",	1,	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE },
>  	{ "format:",	7,	CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT},
> +	{ "changelog",	9,	CMIT_FMT_CHANGELOG}
                        ^- that should be a 1

'gnu[_-]changelog' or 'changelog' would all uniquely abbreviate to a
single character.

--pretty=gnu sounds nice, however :)

-- 
Eric Wong