Re: [PATCH] log --oneline: put decoration at the end of the line

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 04:34:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Yeah, I do not think it is likely.  Among the in-tree scripts,
git-stash does use rev-list --oneline but the purpose of the call
exactly is to grab a human readable one line summary, and it will be
happy with any change to make --oneline more human readble.

Having said that, one of my often used alias is

    [alias] recent = log --branches --oneline --no-merges --decorate --since=3.weeks

to help me see what topics in flight may potentially interact with
an incoming patch, when deciding on which commit to base the patch
on.  Pushing the decoration at the end to let it fall off the right
edge of the screen severely reduces the usefulness of it and defeats
the point of using --decorate, at least for this use.

I could use --source instead, though, if it is not moved by the
patch.

If you are particular about the exact format, how about using
--format="%h%d %s" instead?

Obviously Duy could do the same to achieve his format,...

It indeed was the first reaction when I saw the patch under
discussion that came without RFC/ in the subject.

but I think there
is still value in considering what the default for --oneline should be.

Yes.  And I was reasonably sure that having the decoration at the
tail is a better default, but no longer.