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Subject: Re: [BUG] --pretty=format does not work ok with rev-list
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:24:57 -0700
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J=C3=B6rg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> writes:

>> k@k0001 ~/linux-2.6 $ git rev-list -2 --pretty=3Dformat:"%H: %cn" ma=
ster
>> commit f4be31ec9690cfe6e94fcbed6ae60a6a38b3c3ed
>> f4be31ec9690cfe6e94fcbed6ae60a6a38b3c3ed: Linus Torvalds
>> commit 44cad261025c04327fd7e847a7088fd3031b0c3e
>> 44cad261025c04327fd7e847a7088fd3031b0c3e: Linus Torvalds
>
> Is this a bug? I've the same =E2=80=9Cproblem=E2=80=9D in my rebase w=
ith merge patch
> series and added a =E2=80=9C|grep -v ^commit=E2=80=9D. But if this is=
 a bug, I can remove
> it.

I personally do not think the above is a particularly desirable output,
but that's how rev-list worked for a long time and existing scripts
probably expect it that way.

rev-list is for script consumption, and giving --pretty=3Dformat that h=
as %H
in it would be asking for redundant information.