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Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:45:56 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: AEY4yhY0zDWk Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:45:36 +0100 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "John Emmas" , git@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <457209f3-e998-4223-bdf3-57245bc51926@creativepost.co.uk> References: <457209f3-e998-4223-bdf3-57245bc51926@creativepost.co.uk> Subject: Re: git --format anyone ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, at 11:12, John Emmas wrote: > I'm hoping this is the right mailing list (I'm using a product called > Git for Windows and its logo looks the same on your website!) > > I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with > various parameters of course). I'm currently running version 2.51.2 > which looks fairly recent and if I simply type "git" it displays a list > of available options - but it doesn't deem to offer an option called > 'format' :-( > > I gather that the latest version is 2.53.0 so would it be worthwhile f= or > me to upgrade? i.e. would that then offer me git --format? Thanks, The `git` command itself does not have a `--format` option. Some subcommands do like git-log(1). git log --format=3D > I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with > various parameters of course). `git log --format=3D` is for formatting log output. But since= a project =E2=80=9Crequires it=E2=80=9D could this be formatting in the se= nse of formatting source code? You can for example use the third-party git-clang-format(1) on this project. But it is third-party. It is not part of the git(1) suite of commands.