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authorLibravatar Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi>2008-05-22 18:24:07 +0300
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-05-23 16:05:42 -0700
commitdd0ffd5b31a672db90d8b775988d55829e6f5f9f (patch)
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parentUpdated status to show 'Not currently on any branch' in red (diff)
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Add log.date config variable
log.date config variable sets the default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date value is similar to using git log's --date option. Signed-off-by: Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 554977b895..002a066893 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -817,6 +817,12 @@ instaweb.port::
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+log.date::
+ Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
+ value is similar to using git log's --date option. The value is one of
+ following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
+ See linkgit:git-log[1].
+
log.showroot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index ce6a1017a3..3558348b72 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
--date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc}::
Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
- as when using "--pretty".
+ as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default
+ value for log command's --date option.
+
`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
e.g. "2 hours ago".