From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: --no-decorate and %d in git-log(1)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:29:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4in4brt3.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aZ81X6ERyx5fcm6L@devuan> (Alejandro Colomar's message of "Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:55:26 +0100")
Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:
> Would you mind changing %d to be affected by --decorate=?
I would imagine everybody would strongly mind as the scripts they
have already written and have been using for years will be broken by
such a change. So changing how %d works is a non-starter.
But that does not mean we cannot add a different placeholder that
behaves that way. I wonder if it is the cleanest to extend the
%(decoreate:<option>,...) notation, perhaps like
$ git log --format="%(decorate:optional=yes)"
with and without --decorate/--no-decorate may be a way forward?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 17:55 --no-decorate and %d in git-log(1) Alejandro Colomar
2026-02-25 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-25 18:36 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-02-25 18:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 19:46 ` Marc Branchaud
2026-02-25 20:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 21:46 ` Marc Branchaud
2026-02-25 21:54 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-03-01 5:59 ` Junio C Hamano
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