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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-options.txt3
-rw-r--r--builtin-log.c5
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 4027726f2e..8a0dff9f49 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ format.suffix::
`.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
include the dot if you want it).
+format.pretty::
+ The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
+ See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 973d8dd733..6d66c74cc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'.
When omitted, the format defaults to 'medium'.
++
+Note: you can specify the default pretty format in the repository
+configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
--abbrev-commit::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index fe8fc6f22a..d983cbc7bc 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
static int default_show_root = 1;
static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH";
+static const char *fmt_pretty;
static void add_name_decoration(const char *prefix, const char *name, struct object *obj)
{
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
rev->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
rev->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
+ if (fmt_pretty)
+ rev->commit_format = get_commit_format(fmt_pretty);
rev->verbose_header = 1;
DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev->diffopt, RECURSIVE);
rev->show_root_diff = default_show_root;
@@ -221,6 +224,8 @@ static int cmd_log_walk(struct rev_info *rev)
static int git_log_config(const char *var, const char *value)
{
+ if (!strcmp(var, "format.pretty"))
+ return git_config_string(&fmt_pretty, var, value);
if (!strcmp(var, "format.subjectprefix")) {
if (!value)
config_error_nonbool(var);