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Subject: Re: `format:%>` padding and `git log --graph`
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:41:44AM -0600, Elliott Cable wrote:
>> I'm not sure what version the `%>` / `<|` / etc padding showed up in,
>> but they're truly excellent for building beautiful one-line `git log`
>> output.
>
> Somebody found my code useful!! :-D

Is this related to

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/277710/focus=278326

in any way?  My gut feeling is that, while the original patch itself
breaks existing uses and is not acceptable as-is, its idea is good,
and we are OK with a change like that if it added a new/different
kind of %>|(N) that makes the new behaviour available to those who
want to use it, without negatively affecting existing uses.