* git --format anyone ?
@ 2026-03-16 10:12 John Emmas
2026-03-16 11:45 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: John Emmas @ 2026-03-16 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
I'm hoping this is the right mailing list (I'm using a product called
Git for Windows and its logo looks the same on your website!)
I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with
various parameters of course). I'm currently running version 2.51.2
which looks fairly recent and if I simply type "git" it displays a list
of available options - but it doesn't deem to offer an option called
'format' :-(
I gather that the latest version is 2.53.0 so would it be worthwhile for
me to upgrade? i.e. would that then offer me git --format? Thanks,
John
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* Re: git --format anyone ?
2026-03-16 10:12 git --format anyone ? John Emmas
@ 2026-03-16 11:45 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-16 15:09 ` John Emmas
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2026-03-16 11:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Emmas, git
On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, at 11:12, John Emmas wrote:
> I'm hoping this is the right mailing list (I'm using a product called
> Git for Windows and its logo looks the same on your website!)
>
> I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with
> various parameters of course). I'm currently running version 2.51.2
> which looks fairly recent and if I simply type "git" it displays a list
> of available options - but it doesn't deem to offer an option called
> 'format' :-(
>
> I gather that the latest version is 2.53.0 so would it be worthwhile for
> me to upgrade? i.e. would that then offer me git --format? Thanks,
The `git` command itself does not have a `--format` option. Some
subcommands do like git-log(1).
git log --format=<something>
> I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with
> various parameters of course).
`git log --format=<something>` is for formatting log output. But since a
project “requires it” could this be formatting in the sense of formatting
source code?
You can for example use the third-party git-clang-format(1) on this
project. But it is third-party. It is not part of the git(1) suite of
commands.
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* Re: git --format anyone ?
2026-03-16 11:45 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
@ 2026-03-16 15:09 ` John Emmas
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From: John Emmas @ 2026-03-16 15:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kristoffer Haugsbakk, git
Many thanks Kristoffer,
I'd just posted some further information after realising there's Git
forum available but your reply makes a lot of sense so thanks for
letting me know.
John
On 16/03/2026 11:45, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> The `git` command itself does not have a `--format` option. Some
> subcommands do like git-log(1).
>
> git log --format=<something>
>
>> I'm working on a project which requires me to run "git --format" (with
>> various parameters of course).
> `git log --format=<something>` is for formatting log output. But since a
> project “requires it” could this be formatting in the sense of formatting
> source code?
>
> You can for example use the third-party git-clang-format(1) on this
> project. But it is third-party. It is not part of the git(1) suite of
> commands.
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