githelpers

#/bin/bash
# Log output:
#
# * 51c333e    (12 days)    <Gary Bernhardt>   add vim-eunuch
#
# The time massaging regexes start with ^[^<]* because that ensures that they
# only operate before the first "<". That "<" will be the beginning of the
# author name, ensuring that we don't destroy anything in the commit message
# that looks like time.
#

HASH="%C(yellow)%h%Creset"
RELATIVE_TIME="%Cgreen(%ar)%Creset"
AUTHOR="%C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset"
REFS="%C(red)%d%Creset"
SUBJECT="%s"

colsep=$'\c_'  # i.e. ^_ (ASCII Unit Separator)
               # colsep can be any single char that will never appear in the
               # commit subject or any other field.

FORMAT="$HASH$colsep$RELATIVE_TIME$colsep$AUTHOR$colsep$REFS $SUBJECT"

show_git_head() {
    pretty_git_log -1
    git show -p --pretty="tformat:"
}

pretty_git_log() {
    git log --graph --pretty="tformat:${FORMAT}" $* |
        # Replace (2 years ago) with (2 years)
        sed -Ee 's/(^[^<]*) ago\)/\1)/' |
        # Replace (2 years, 5 months) with (2 years)
        sed -Ee 's/(^[^<]*), [[:digit:]]+ .*months?\)/\1)/' |
        # Line columns up based on $colsep delimiter
        column -s "$colsep" -t |
        # Page only if we need to
        less -FXRS
}