--format=:foo is a shorthand for --pretty=tformat:foo, otherwise this
new option acts just like --pretty=foo, except it's more intuitive for
users of 'git log'.
As discussed in the mailing list, this is implemented as an undocumented
option. The specifics of the implementation were suggested by Junio C
Hamano.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <redacted>
---
revision.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 286e416..6796e39 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,16 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--pretty=")) {
revs->verbose_header = 1;
get_commit_format(arg+9, revs);
+ } else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--format=")) {
+ char *modified = NULL;
+ revs->verbose_header = 1;
+ if (arg[9] == ':') {
+ modified = xmalloc(strlen(arg+9) + 7 + 1);
+ strcpy(modified, "tformat");
+ strcat(modified, arg+9);
+ }
+ get_commit_format(modified ? modified : arg+9, revs);
+ free(modified);
} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--graph")) {
revs->topo_order = 1;
revs->rewrite_parents = 1;--
1.6.1.3