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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git-show-refs (was: [PATCH/RFC] gitweb: Great subroutines renaming)
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Junio C Hamano wrote:

> +<format>::
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0A string that interpolates `%(field name)` from=
 the
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0object pointed at by a ref being shown. =A0When
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0unspecified, `%(name)` is used.

Wouldn't it be better to (re)use notation of rpm's --query-format,=20
i.e. use %{name}, or %30{name}, or %-30{name} for single scalar values,
use :typetag output formats, like ':date' (Use strftime(3) "%c" format.=
) and
':day' (Use strftime(3) "%a %b %d %Y" format.) for epoch/timestamp fiel=
d,
use square brackets for iterating over multivalue output, e.g.
"[parent: %{parent}]" for writing out all parents, etc.

Perhaps we could even borrow some code...

--=20
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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