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| author | Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> | 2023-01-19 18:18:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-01-19 14:35:15 -0800 |
| commit | 63792c564c3a96007baf7ce876dea0a6f5f9f880 (patch) | |
| tree | 79a315628a9e3f6cbe6f3645f772be463c9412f6 /Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | |
| parent | 8bcb8f8e2282ff27f7ffd106eb2fb7bf982ff2d1 (diff) | |
| download | git-63792c564c3a96007baf7ce876dea0a6f5f9f880.tar.gz | |
doc: pretty-formats document negative column alignments
Commit 066790d7cb0 (pretty.c: support <direction>|(<negative number>) forms,
2016-06-16) added the option for right justified column alignment without
updating the documentation.
Add an explanation of its use of negative column values.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/pretty-formats.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 8cc1072196..cbca60a196 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ The placeholders are: Note 2: spaces around the N and M (see below) values are optional. '%<|( <M> )':: make the next placeholder take at least until Mth - display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary + display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary. + Use negative M values for column positions measured + from the right hand edge of the terminal window. '%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <M> )' respectively, but padding spaces on the left '%>>( <N> )', '%>>|( <M> )':: similar to '%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )' |