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authorPhilip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>2023-01-19 18:18:24 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2023-01-19 14:35:15 -0800
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doc: pretty-formats: delineate `%<|(` parameter values
Commit a57523428b4 (pretty: support padding placeholders, %< %> and %><, 2013-04-19) introduced column width place holders. It also added separate column position `%<|(` placeholders for display screen based placement. Change the display screen parameter reference from 'N' to 'M' and corresponding descriptives to make the distinction clearer. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ The placeholders are:
'%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])':: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
'%<( <N> [,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
- least N columns, padding spaces on
+ least N column widths, padding spaces on
the right if necessary. Optionally
truncate at the beginning (ltrunc),
the middle (mtrunc) or the end
@@ -155,18 +155,18 @@ The placeholders are:
N columns.
Note 1: that truncating
only works correctly with N >= 2.
- Note 2: spaces around the N
+ Note 2: spaces around the N and M (see below)
values are optional.
-'%<|( <N> )':: make the next placeholder take at least until Nth
- columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary
-'%>( <N> )', '%>|( <N> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <N> )' respectively,
+'%<|( <M> )':: make the next placeholder take at least until Mth
+ display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary
+'%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <M> )' respectively,
but padding spaces on the left
-'%>>( <N> )', '%>>|( <N> )':: similar to '%>( <N> )', '%>|( <N> )'
+'%>>( <N> )', '%>>|( <M> )':: similar to '%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )'
respectively, except that if the next
placeholder takes more spaces than given and
there are spaces on its left, use those
spaces
-'%><( <N> )', '%><|( <N> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <N> )'
+'%><( <N> )', '%><|( <M> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <M> )'
respectively, but padding both sides
(i.e. the text is centered)