[PATCH v2 5/5] format-rev: learn --abbrev, --color, and --date
From: <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-18 09:59:23
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <redacted>
Add three more options for controlling the formatting.
This does not complete all the pretty formatting knobs for this command
relative to e.g. git-log(1), but it does add the most important ones, in
my opinion. We can see which are missing by taking a look at
`Documentation/pretty-options.adoc`:
• `--encoding=<encoding>`
• `--show-signature`
• `--expand-tabs=<n>`
***
We could add these options to the command synopsis, but let’s instead
simplify the synopsis to just mention the mandatory options and stuff
the other ones into `[<options>]`. I don’t think a long command synopsis
line is useful. And this way the two mandatory options stand out more.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <redacted>
---
Notes (series):
v2:
• Designated initializers: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqfr0hswxm.fsf@gitster.g/ (local)
• Fix useless `BUG` placements https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqfr0hswxm.fsf@gitster.g/ (local)
• Add a few more tests for different option arguments (or no args)
• And the new tests revealed that I needed to change the helper
functions so that the option (`opts`) goes last. Or else we
couldn’t test bare `--date` (no arg, error) because of
inconsistent ordering between log/format-rev and this:
$ git format-rev --date --stdin-mode=revs
fatal: unknown date format --stdin-mode=revs
• Release `date_mode`: https://lore.kernel.org/git/3a55c58f-1ada-414c-a35d-40590c635b82@app.fastmail.com/ (local)
I wondered if I would need a `goto cleanup` in order to deal with cases
like this:
... --date=format:%c --format
In other words, the command fails because we are missing an
argument to `--format` but we have at that point already called
the parse function. But my leakcheck setup didn’t call out any
errors:
CC = clang
SANITIZE = address
CFLAGS = -O1 -g3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer
NO_GETTEXT = 1
---
v1:
> We can see which are missing by taking a look at
Or am I missing some?
Documentation/git-format-rev.adoc | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++--
builtin/name-rev.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++------
t/t6120-describe.sh | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-rev.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-rev.adoc
index 505a52feccd..1a06ccbf9b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-rev.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-rev.adoc@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-format-rev - EXPERIMENTAL: Pretty format revisions on demand SYNOPSIS -------- [synopsis] -(EXPERIMENTAL!) git format-rev --stdin-mode=<mode> --format=<pretty> [--[no-]notes=<ref>] [-z] [--[no-]null-output] [--[no-]null-input] +(EXPERIMENTAL!) git format-rev [<options>] --stdin-mode=<mode> --format=<pretty> DESCRIPTION -----------
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ OPTIONS The argument `rev` is also accepted. `text`;; Formats all commit object names found in freeform text. These - must be full object names, i.e. abbreviated hexadecimal object - names will not be interpreted. + must be full object names, i.e. abbreviated hexadecimal (_hex_) + object names will not be interpreted. + Anything that is parsed as an object name but that is not found to be a commit object name is left alone (echoed).
@@ -76,6 +76,44 @@ This is useful if the output could contain newlines, for example if the + This is useful if the input revision expressions could contain newlines. +`--color[=<when>]`:: +`--no-color`:: + Respect color formatting. The default color behavior is + `auto`. Bare `--color` is the same as `--color=always`. ++ +Giving `--no-color` is the same as `--color=never`. ++ +_<when>_ must be one of: ++ +-- +`always`;; + Always use color, even if the output is something like a file. +`never`;; + Never use color. +`auto`;; + Use color when the output is a terminal but not when the output + is something like a file. +-- + +`--abbrev[=<n>]`:: +`--no-abbrev`:: + Abbreviate the commit hex output. Without _<n>_ it will find the + minimum length which can describe the commit uniquely, with some + extra slack. Giving _<n>_ specifies the minimum length; a longer + length will be used if needed. ++ +Giving `--no-abbrev` will turn off abbreviation, showing the full commit +hex output. ++ +Note that some pretty formats use `--abbrev`. This behavior can be +controlled with these two options. + +`--date=<format>`:: + Date format for pretty formats. Note that date atoms like `%aI` + are not affected. This option cannot be negated. ++ +include::rev-list-option-date-alternatives.adoc[] + [[io]] INPUT AND OUTPUT FORMAT -----------------------
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index c8cb2f2d520..fa20a2774be 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include "revision.h" #include "notes.h" #include "write-or-die.h" +#include "date.h" /* * One day. See the 'name a rev shortly after epoch' test in t6120 when
@@ -778,6 +779,8 @@ struct format_rev_data { bool nul_input; bool nul_output; struct string_list notes; + struct rev_info rev; + int color; }; static int format_nul_cb(const struct option *option,
@@ -792,6 +795,17 @@ static int format_nul_cb(const struct option *option, return 0; } +static int date_cb(const struct option *option, + const char *arg, + int unset) +{ + struct rev_info *data = option->value; + BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset); + parse_date_format(arg, &data->date_mode); + data->date_mode_explicit = 1; + return 0; +} + static enum stdin_mode parse_stdin_mode(const char *stdin_mode) { if (!strcmp(stdin_mode, "text"))
@@ -805,9 +819,8 @@ static enum stdin_mode parse_stdin_mode(const char *stdin_mode) } static char const *const format_rev_usage[] = { - N_("(EXPERIMENTAL!) git format-rev --stdin-mode=<mode> " - "--format=<pretty> [--[no-]notes=<ref>] " - "[-z] [--[no-]null-output] [--[no-]null-input]"), + N_("(EXPERIMENTAL!) git format-rev [<options>] " + "--stdin-mode=<mode> --format=<pretty>"), NULL };
@@ -818,12 +831,13 @@ int cmd_format_rev(int argc, { struct format_rev_data data = { .notes = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP, + .rev = REV_INFO_INIT, + .color = GIT_COLOR_AUTO, }; enum stdin_mode stdin_mode; char output_terminator; strbuf_getline_fn getline_fn; struct display_notes_opt format_notes_opt; - struct rev_info format_rev = REV_INFO_INIT; struct pretty_format format_pp = { 0 }; struct strbuf scratch_buf = STRBUF_INIT; struct command cmd;
@@ -834,6 +848,11 @@ int cmd_format_rev(int argc, N_("how revs are processed")), OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "notes", &data.notes, N_("notes"), N_("display notes for pretty format")), + OPT__ABBREV(&data.rev.abbrev), + OPT__COLOR(&data.color, N_("use colored output")), + OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "date", &data.rev, N_("date"), + N_("date format"), + PARSE_OPT_NONEG, date_cb), OPT_CALLBACK_F('z', "null", &data, N_("z"), N_("use NUL for input and output termination"), PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, format_nul_cb),
@@ -862,13 +881,13 @@ int cmd_format_rev(int argc, init_display_notes(&format_notes_opt); stdin_mode = parse_stdin_mode(data.stdin_mode); - get_commit_format(data.format, &format_rev); - format_pp.ctx.rev = &format_rev; - format_pp.ctx.fmt = format_rev.commit_format; - format_pp.ctx.abbrev = format_rev.abbrev; - format_pp.ctx.date_mode_explicit = format_rev.date_mode_explicit; - format_pp.ctx.date_mode = format_rev.date_mode; - format_pp.ctx.color = GIT_COLOR_AUTO; + get_commit_format(data.format, &data.rev); + format_pp.ctx.rev = &data.rev; + format_pp.ctx.fmt = data.rev.commit_format; + format_pp.ctx.abbrev = data.rev.abbrev; + format_pp.ctx.date_mode_explicit = data.rev.date_mode_explicit; + format_pp.ctx.date_mode = data.rev.date_mode; + format_pp.ctx.color = data.color; userformat_find_requirements(data.format, &format_pp.want);
@@ -935,6 +954,7 @@ int cmd_format_rev(int argc, BUG("uncovered case: %d", stdin_mode); } + date_mode_release(&data.rev.date_mode); strbuf_release(&scratch_buf); string_list_clear(&data.notes, 0); release_display_notes(&format_notes_opt);
diff --git a/t/t6120-describe.sh b/t/t6120-describe.sh
index 7a7c46658a3..a15da979abf 100755
--- a/t/t6120-describe.sh
+++ b/t/t6120-describe.sh@@ -1017,4 +1017,62 @@ do ' done <stdin-modes +format_rev_cmp_log () { + opts="$1" + format=reference + cat >input <<-\EOF && + third + second + first + EOF + git -C repo-format log --stdin --no-walk \ + --format="$format" "$opts" >expect <input && + git -C repo-format format-rev --stdin-mode=revs \ + --format="$format" "$opts" >actual <input && + test_cmp expect actual +} + +format_rev_err_cmp_log () { + opts="$1" + format=reference + # No input since we ought to fail while parsing options + test_must_fail git -C repo-format log --stdin --no-walk \ + --format="$format" "$opts" 2>expect && + test_must_fail git -C repo-format format-rev \ + --stdin-mode=revs --format="$format" "$opts" 2>actual && + test_cmp expect actual +} + +test_expect_success 'format-rev --color' ' + format_rev_cmp_log --color=always && + format_rev_cmp_log --color && + format_rev_cmp_log --no-color && + format_rev_err_cmp_log --color=not-valid +' + +test_expect_success 'format-rev --abbrev' ' + format_rev_cmp_log --abbrev && + format_rev_cmp_log --abbrev=31 && + format_rev_cmp_log --no-abbrev +' + +test_expect_success 'format-rev --date' ' + format_rev_cmp_log --date=relative && + format_rev_cmp_log --date=iso-strict && + # This also tests the only case where we need to release + # the data for the parsed format + format_rev_cmp_log --date="format:%c" && + format_rev_err_cmp_log --date=not-valid && + # Test --date (no arg) next + # We cannot compare the output to git-log(1) + # because that command uses a slightly different + # error message (different library) + cat >expect <<-EOF && + error: option \`date${SQ} requires a value + EOF + test_must_fail git -C repo-format format-rev \ + --stdin-mode=revs --format="$format" --date 2>actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_done
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