Merge branch 'dl/pretty-reference'

"git log" family learned "--pretty=reference" that gives the name
of a commit in the format that is often used to refer to it in log
messages.

* dl/pretty-reference:
  SubmittingPatches: use `--pretty=reference`
  pretty: implement 'reference' format
  pretty: add struct cmt_fmt_map::default_date_mode_type
  pretty: provide short date format
  t4205: cover `git log --reflog -z` blindspot
  pretty.c: inline initalize format_context
  revision: make get_revision_mark() return const pointer
  completion: complete `tformat:` pretty format
  SubmittingPatches: remove dq from commit reference
  pretty-formats.txt: use generic terms for hash
  SubmittingPatches: use generic terms for hash

Author: gitster

Documentation/SubmittingPatches

@@ -142,19 +142,25 @@ archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion.
 
 [[commit-reference]]
 If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable
-branch, use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)",
-with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this:
+branch, use the format "abbreviated hash (subject, date)", like this:
 
 ....
-	Commit f86a374 ("pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak", 2015-03-30)
+	Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)
 	noticed that ...
 ....
 
 The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
-format, or this invocation of `git show`:
+format (with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes), or this
+invocation of `git show`:
 
 ....
-	git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h ("%s", %ad)' <commit>
+	git show -s --pretty=reference <commit>
+....
+
+or, on an older version of Git without support for --pretty=reference:
+
+....
+	git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h (%s, %ad)' <commit>
 ....
 
 [[git-tools]]

Documentation/pretty-formats.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PRETTY FORMATS
 If the commit is a merge, and if the pretty-format
 is not 'oneline', 'email' or 'raw', an additional line is
 inserted before the 'Author:' line.  This line begins with
-"Merge: " and the sha1s of ancestral commits are printed,
+"Merge: " and the hashes of ancestral commits are printed,
 separated by spaces.  Note that the listed commits may not
 necessarily be the list of the *direct* parent commits if you
 have limited your view of history: for example, if you are
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ built-in formats:
 
 * 'oneline'
 
-	  <sha1> <title line>
+	  <hash> <title line>
 +
 This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 * 'short'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author: <author>
 
 	      <title line>
 
 * 'medium'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author: <author>
 	  Date:   <author date>
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 * 'full'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author: <author>
 	  Commit: <committer>
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 * 'fuller'
 
-	  commit <sha1>
+	  commit <hash>
 	  Author:     <author>
 	  AuthorDate: <author date>
 	  Commit:     <committer>
@@ -63,9 +63,20 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 
 	       <full commit message>
 
+* 'reference'
+
+	  <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>)
++
+This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and
+is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`.  By default,
+the date is formatted with `--date=short` unless another `--date` option
+is explicitly specified.  As with any `format:` with format
+placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
+`--decorate` and `--walk-reflogs`.
+
 * 'email'
 
-	  From <sha1> <date>
+	  From <hash> <date>
 	  From: <author>
 	  Date: <author date>
 	  Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
 * 'raw'
 +
 The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as
-stored in the commit object.  Notably, the SHA-1s are
+stored in the commit object.  Notably, the hashes are
 displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
 --no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
 true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
@@ -172,6 +183,7 @@ The placeholders are:
 '%at':: author date, UNIX timestamp
 '%ai':: author date, ISO 8601-like format
 '%aI':: author date, strict ISO 8601 format
+'%as':: author date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
 '%cn':: committer name
 '%cN':: committer name (respecting .mailmap, see
 	linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
@@ -187,6 +199,7 @@ The placeholders are:
 '%ct':: committer date, UNIX timestamp
 '%ci':: committer date, ISO 8601-like format
 '%cI':: committer date, strict ISO 8601 format
+'%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
 '%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
 '%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
 '%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached

Documentation/pretty-options.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 	Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
 	where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
-	'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>'
+	'full', 'fuller', 'reference', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>'
 	and 'tformat:<string>'.  When '<format>' is none of the above,
 	and has '%placeholder' in it, it acts as if
 	'--pretty=tformat:<format>' were given.

Documentation/rev-list-options.txt

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ list.
 	exclude (that is, '{caret}commit', 'commit1..commit2',
 	and 'commit1\...commit2' notations cannot be used).
 +
-With `--pretty` format other than `oneline` (for obvious reasons),
+With `--pretty` format other than `oneline` and `reference` (for obvious reasons),
 this causes the output to have two extra lines of information
 taken from the reflog.  The reflog designator in the output may be shown
 as `ref@{Nth}` (where `Nth` is the reverse-chronological index in the
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ Under `--pretty=oneline`, the commit message is
 prefixed with this information on the same line.
 This option cannot be combined with `--reverse`.
 See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
++
+Under `--pretty=reference`, this information will not be shown at all.
 
 --merge::
 	After a failed merge, show refs that touch files having a

contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ __git_log_shortlog_options="
 	--all-match --invert-grep
 "
 
-__git_log_pretty_formats="oneline short medium full fuller email raw format: mboxrd"
+__git_log_pretty_formats="oneline short medium full fuller reference email raw format: tformat: mboxrd"
 __git_log_date_formats="relative iso8601 iso8601-strict rfc2822 short local default raw unix format:"
 
 _git_log ()

pretty.c

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static struct cmt_fmt_map {
 	int is_tformat;
 	int expand_tabs_in_log;
 	int is_alias;
+	enum date_mode_type default_date_mode_type;
 	const char *user_format;
 } *commit_formats;
 static size_t builtin_formats_len;
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ static void setup_commit_formats(void)
 		{ "mboxrd",	CMIT_FMT_MBOXRD,	0,	0 },
 		{ "fuller",	CMIT_FMT_FULLER,	0,	8 },
 		{ "full",	CMIT_FMT_FULL,		0,	8 },
-		{ "oneline",	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE,	1,	0 }
+		{ "oneline",	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE,	1,	0 },
+		{ "reference",	CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT,	1,	0,
+			0, DATE_SHORT, "%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)" },
 		/*
 		 * Please update $__git_log_pretty_formats in
 		 * git-completion.bash when you add new formats.
@@ -181,6 +184,8 @@ void get_commit_format(const char *arg, struct rev_info *rev)
 	rev->commit_format = commit_format->format;
 	rev->use_terminator = commit_format->is_tformat;
 	rev->expand_tabs_in_log_default = commit_format->expand_tabs_in_log;
+	if (!rev->date_mode_explicit && commit_format->default_date_mode_type)
+		rev->date_mode.type = commit_format->default_date_mode_type;
 	if (commit_format->format == CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT) {
 		save_user_format(rev, commit_format->user_format,
 				 commit_format->is_tformat);
@@ -738,6 +743,9 @@ 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 's':
+		strbuf_addstr(sb, show_ident_date(&s, DATE_MODE(SHORT)));
+		return placeholder_len;
 	}
 
 skip:
@@ -1617,14 +1625,14 @@ void repo_format_commit_message(struct repository *r,
 				const char *format, struct strbuf *sb,
 				const struct pretty_print_context *pretty_ctx)
 {
-	struct format_commit_context context;
+	struct format_commit_context context = {
+		.commit = commit,
+		.pretty_ctx = pretty_ctx,
+		.wrap_start = sb->len
+	};
 	const char *output_enc = pretty_ctx->output_encoding;
 	const char *utf8 = "UTF-8";
 
-	memset(&context, 0, sizeof(context));
-	context.commit = commit;
-	context.pretty_ctx = pretty_ctx;
-	context.wrap_start = sb->len;
 	/*
 	 * convert a commit message to UTF-8 first
 	 * as far as 'format_commit_item' assumes it in UTF-8

revision.c

@@ -3960,7 +3960,7 @@ struct commit *get_revision(struct rev_info *revs)
 	return c;
 }
 
-char *get_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs, const struct commit *commit)
+const char *get_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs, const struct commit *commit)
 {
 	if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY)
 		return "-";
@@ -3982,7 +3982,7 @@ char *get_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs, const struct commit *commit
 
 void put_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs, const struct commit *commit)
 {
-	char *mark = get_revision_mark(revs, commit);
+	const char *mark = get_revision_mark(revs, commit);
 	if (!strlen(mark))
 		return;
 	fputs(mark, stdout);

revision.h

@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg, struct rev_info *revs,
 void reset_revision_walk(void);
 int prepare_revision_walk(struct rev_info *revs);
 struct commit *get_revision(struct rev_info *revs);
-char *get_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs,
-			const struct commit *commit);
+const char *get_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs,
+			      const struct commit *commit);
 void put_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs,
 		       const struct commit *commit);
 

t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh

@@ -134,6 +134,36 @@ test_expect_failure C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'NUL termination with --stat' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+for p in short medium full fuller email raw
+do
+	test_expect_success "NUL termination with --reflog --pretty=$p" '
+		revs="$(git rev-list --reflog)" &&
+		for r in $revs
+		do
+			git show -s "$r" --pretty="$p" &&
+			printf "\0" || return 1
+		done >expect &&
+		{
+			git log -z --reflog --pretty="$p" &&
+			printf "\0"
+		} >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	'
+done
+
+test_expect_success 'NUL termination with --reflog --pretty=oneline' '
+	revs="$(git rev-list --reflog)" &&
+	for r in $revs
+	do
+		git show -s --pretty=oneline "$r" >raw &&
+		cat raw | lf_to_nul || exit 1
+	done >expect &&
+	# the trailing NUL is already produced so we do not need to
+	# output another one
+	git log -z --pretty=oneline --reflog >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup more commits' '
 	test_commit "message one" one one message-one &&
 	test_commit "message two" two two message-two &&
@@ -503,6 +533,12 @@ test_expect_success 'ISO and ISO-strict date formats display the same values' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'short date' '
+	git log --format=%ad%n%cd --date=short >expected &&
+	git log --format=%as%n%cs >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) &&
@@ -788,4 +824,47 @@ test_expect_success '%S in git log --format works with other placeholders (part
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference' '
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%h (%s, %as)" >expect &&
+	git log --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference with log.date is overridden by short date' '
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%h (%s, %as)" >expect &&
+	test_config log.date rfc &&
+	git log --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference with explicit date overrides short date' '
+	git log --date=rfc --pretty="tformat:%h (%s, %ad)" >expect &&
+	git log --date=rfc --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference is never unabbreviated' '
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%h (%s, %as)" >expect &&
+	git log --no-abbrev-commit --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference is never decorated' '
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%h (%s, %as)" >expect &&
+	git log --decorate=short --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference does not output reflog info' '
+	git log --walk-reflogs --pretty="tformat:%h (%s, %as)" >expect &&
+	git log --walk-reflogs --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log --pretty=reference is colored appropriately' '
+	git log --color=always --pretty="tformat:%C(auto)%h (%s, %as)" >expect &&
+	git log --color=always --pretty=reference >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done