git log pretty format doesn't work with line limiters

Asked Apr 14 '17 at 06:29

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Hi so I think pretty format doesn't work with -L<start>,<end>:<file>

If my git command is only

git log --pretty=format:"%H\t%an\%s" --author=author_name file

then all is well. But if I add

git log --pretty=format:"%H\t%an\%s" --author=author_name -L100,200:file

then I get the git diff for those lines but without the pretty formatting.

Any knows of any work around? I need simple format that I can control. Thanks!

asked Apr 14 '17 at 06:29

KeenSeeker99

Hmmm. this may be related to a problem I had a few weeks ago: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41427590/git-log-l-without-diff Apparently when using -L you have restricted control over the output format... – andipla Apr 14 '17 at 06:33
hi, what is your git version? git --version – jose_bacoy Apr 14 '17 at 06:43
@andipla: thank you. That looks like my problem. So have you found out anything besides what you commented there? – KeenSeeker99 Apr 14 '17 at 06:47
@anonyXmous: mine is currently 1.9.2 – KeenSeeker99 Apr 14 '17 at 06:47

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