pretty: provide human date format
Add the placeholders %ah and %ch to format author date and committer
date, like --date=human does, which provides more humanity date output.
Signed-off-by: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 4513306..cd697f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
'%ai':: author date, ISO 8601-like format
'%aI':: author date, strict ISO 8601 format
'%as':: author date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
+'%ah':: author date, human style (like the `--date=human` option of
+ linkgit:git-rev-list[1])
'%cn':: committer name
'%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
@@ -206,6 +208,8 @@
'%ci':: committer date, ISO 8601-like format
'%cI':: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
'%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
+'%ch':: committer date, human style(like the `--date=human` option of
+ linkgit:git-rev-list[1])
'%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
'%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
'%(describe[:options])':: human-readable name, like
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index e5b33ba..b1ecd03 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -745,6 +745,9 @@ static size_t format_person_part(struct strbuf *sb, char part,
case 'I': /* date, ISO 8601 strict */
strbuf_addstr(sb, show_ident_date(&s, DATE_MODE(ISO8601_STRICT)));
return placeholder_len;
+ case 'h': /* date, human */
+ strbuf_addstr(sb, show_ident_date(&s, DATE_MODE(HUMAN)));
+ return placeholder_len;
case 's':
strbuf_addstr(sb, show_ident_date(&s, DATE_MODE(SHORT)));
return placeholder_len;
diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
index bcb558e..8272d94 100755
--- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@
test_cmp expected actual
'
+test_expect_success '--date=human %ad%cd is the same as %ah%ch' '
+ git log --format=%ad%n%cd --date=human >expected &&
+ git log --format=%ah%n%ch >actual &&
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
# get new digests (with no abbreviations)
test_expect_success 'set up log decoration tests' '
head1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD~0) &&
