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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index e2345d2290..d3450bf96f 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -164,8 +164,11 @@ The placeholders are: - '%x00': print a byte from a hex code - '%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])': switch line wrapping, like the -w option of linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. -- '%<(<N>)': make the next placeholder take at least N columns, - padding spaces on the right if necessary +- '%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])': make the next placeholder take at + least N columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary. + Optionally truncate at the beginning (ltrunc), the middle (mtrunc) + or the end (trunc) if the output is longer than N columns. + Note that truncating only works correctly with N >= 2. - '%<|(<N>)': make the next placeholder take at least until Nth columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary - '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)': similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' |