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Expand Up @@ -189,6 +189,42 @@ One can find which regressions were there in the [followup on git mailing list](
It is interesting to find the use of the [Scientist library](https://github.com/github/scientist)
for ensuring the quality of Git code refactoring.

* [[PATCH/RFC] git log --oneline alternative with dates, times and initials](https://public-inbox.org/git/git-log-times@mackyle-at-gmail-com/) (*written by Jakub Narębski*)

Kyle J. McKay had have been wanting a compact one line output format that
included dates, times and initials, and is compatible with `--graph`.

```
=== 2015-09-17 ===
* ee6ad5f4 12:16 jch (tag: v2.5.3) Git 2.5.3
=== 2015-09-09 ===
* b9d66899 14:22 js am --skip/--abort: merge HEAD/ORIG_HEAD tree into index
| === 2015-09-04 ===
| * 27ea6f85 10:46 jch (tag: v2.5.2) Git 2.5.2
* 74b67638 10:36 jch (tag: v2.4.9) Git 2.4.9
..........
* ecad27cf 10:32 jch (tag: v2.3.9) Git 2.3.9
```

![see above](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mackyle/4c33e4802a8269b3f200f2c00352ce6a/raw/815de4ef4142e13ac0b5c7b55112afdf13391eee/git-log-times.gif "git log-times --graph --date-order --decorate --no-merges -n 5 v2.5.3")

To have all this, Kyle proposed `git-log-times` script for `contrib/`.

Jeff King was surprised to see this as a separate script, and proposed a
[patch series](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
adding support for features like `--commit-header` option for `git log`,
making it possible to come close to what `git-log-times` provided.

Junio Hamano [reminded](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
that `contrib/` area is not the place for random git-related things.

> Unlike the earlier days of Git, if a custom command that uses Git is
> very userful, it can live its own life and flourish within the much
> larger Git userbase we have these days.

The proposed script was then therefore published as
**[git-log-compact](https://mackyle.github.io/git-log-compact/)** project.


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