From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA5D6203E4 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:51:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752928AbcGVTvq (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:51:46 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:48823 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752878AbcGVTvo (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:51:44 -0400 Received: (qmail 22234 invoked by uid 102); 22 Jul 2016 19:51:44 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:51:44 -0400 Received: (qmail 9320 invoked by uid 107); 22 Jul 2016 19:52:07 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:52:07 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:51:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:51:41 -0400 From: Jeff King To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Theodore Ts'o , Junio C Hamano Subject: [PATCH v2 4/6] doc/pretty-formats: explain shortening of %gd Message-ID: <20160722195140.GD19648@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20160722195105.GA19542@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160722195105.GA19542@sigill.intra.peff.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The actual shortening rules aren't that interesting and probably not worth getting into (I gloss over them here as "shortened for human readability"). But the fact that %gD shows whatever you gave on the command line is subtle and worth mentioning. Since most people will feed a shortened refname in the first place, it otherwise makes it hard to understand the difference between the two. Signed-off-by: Jeff King --- Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 36a300a..b95d67e 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -149,9 +149,12 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] - '%GK': show the key used to sign a signed commit - '%gD': reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}` or `refs/stash@{2 minutes ago`}; the format follows the rules described - for the `-g` option -- '%gd': shortened reflog selector, e.g., `stash@{1}` or - `stash@{2 minutes ago}` + for the `-g` option. The portion before the `@` is the refname as + given on the command line (so `git log -g refs/heads/master` would + yield `refs/heads/master@{0}`). +- '%gd': shortened reflog selector; same as `%gD`, but the refname + portion is shortened for human readability (so `refs/heads/master` + becomes just `master`). - '%gn': reflog identity name - '%gN': reflog identity name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1]) -- 2.9.2.512.gc1ef750