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-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt32
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh27
2 files changed, 48 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 0b4c1c8d98..3b71334459 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -146,24 +146,34 @@ The placeholders are:
'%m':: left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark
'%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
+'%<( <N> [,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
+ least N column widths, 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
+ truncate (with ellipsis '..') at the left (ltrunc) `..ft`,
+ the middle (mtrunc) `mi..le`, or the end
+ (trunc) `rig..`, if the output is longer than
+ N columns.
+ Note 1: 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>)' respectively,
+ Note 2: spaces around the N and M (see below)
+ values are optional.
+ Note 3: Emojis and other wide characters
+ will take two display columns, which may
+ over-run column boundaries.
+ Note 4: decomposed character combining marks
+ may be misplaced at padding boundaries.
+'%<|( <M> )':: make the next placeholder take at least until Mth
+ 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>)', '%>>|(<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)
diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
index 3e7ad9d5de..4cf8a77667 100755
--- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
@@ -1094,4 +1094,31 @@ test_expect_success EXPENSIVE,SIZE_T_IS_64BIT 'log --pretty with huge commit mes
test_cmp expect error
'
+# pretty-formats note wide char limitations, and add tests
+test_expect_failure 'wide and decomposed characters column counting' '
+
+# from t/lib-unicode-nfc-nfd.sh hex values converted to octal
+ utf8_nfc=$(printf "\303\251") && # e acute combined.
+ utf8_nfd=$(printf "\145\314\201") && # e with a combining acute (i.e. decomposed)
+ utf8_emoji=$(printf "\360\237\221\250") &&
+
+# replacement character when requesting a wide char fits in a single display colum.
+# "half wide" alternative could be a plain ASCII dot `.`
+ utf8_vert_ell=$(printf "\342\213\256") &&
+
+# use ${xxx} here!
+ nfc10="${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}" &&
+ nfd10="${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}" &&
+ emoji5="${utf8_emoji}${utf8_emoji}${utf8_emoji}${utf8_emoji}${utf8_emoji}" &&
+# emoji5 uses 10 display columns
+
+ test_commit "abcdefghij" &&
+ test_commit --no-tag "${nfc10}" &&
+ test_commit --no-tag "${nfd10}" &&
+ test_commit --no-tag "${emoji5}" &&
+ printf "${utf8_emoji}..${utf8_emoji}${utf8_vert_ell}\n${utf8_nfd}..${utf8_nfd}${utf8_nfd}\n${utf8_nfc}..${utf8_nfc}${utf8_nfc}\na..ij\n" >expected &&
+ git log --format="%<(5,mtrunc)%s" -4 >actual &&
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
test_done