Re: [PATCH 0/1] extend the truncating pretty formats

[Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>]

On 30/10/2022 18:56, Philip Oakley wrote:
> A recent enquiry on the Git-Users list 

forgot the link
https://groups.google.com/g/git-users/c/ayo_4Sy65TI/m/wRkmrcVWAQAJ

> asked for horizontal log graphs
> similar to those used in the manual ASCII art graphs. These use single
> or double character short strings for commits.
>
> The existing pretty pretty-formats are unable to truncate to single or
> double characters because of their use of ellipsis `..`. As a starter,
> let's add left and right hard truncation options to the existing
> options as a preparatory step for potential `--horizontal` graphs.
>
> It is noted that the  truncation options do not have any tests yet.
>
> Also cc'ing Nsengiyumva who has proposed to look at unifying the 
> ref-filter and --pretty formats [1]
>
> --
> Philip
>
> To: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: NSENGIYUMVA WILBERFORCE <nsengiyumvawilberforce@gmail.com>
> Cc: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/CA+PPyiE=baAoVkrghE5GQMt984AcaL=XBAQRsVRbN8w7jQA+ig@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Philip Oakley (1):
>   pretty-formats: add hard truncation, without ellipsis, options
>
>  Documentation/pretty-formats.txt |  7 ++++---
>  pretty.c                         | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>