Re: Simplify '--prett=xyz' options

[Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I keep on thinking that I can write
> 
> 	git log --format:'%aN: %s'
> 
> instead of using the long-form "--pretty=format:xyz' thing. And each time, 
> I curse myself for being stupid for forgetting the proper format.
> 
> And I'm tired of being stupid. So this patch makes me smart and 
> forward-thinking instead.

But we already have --format="%aN: %s" since these two commits:

commit 36407548a2825462a91b456755412a65fd611fc0
Author: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 24 18:59:15 2009 +0900

    Give short-hands to --pretty=tformat:%formatstring

    Allow --pretty="%h %s" (and --format="%h %s") as shorthand for an often
    used option --pretty=tformat:"%h %s".

    Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

commit 3a4c1a5e212357c3df030b6713c75466694c2e77
Author: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 24 18:59:14 2009 +0900

    Add --format that is a synonym to --pretty

    Some people prefer to call the pretty-print styles "format", and get
    annoyed to see "git log --format=short" fail.  Introduce it as a synonym
    to --pretty so that both can be used.

    Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>


Granted, it makes it equivalent to --pretty=tformat:foo, but isn't
tformat the better choice in many cases?

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch