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authorRené Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>2007-09-07 00:34:06 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-06 22:51:31 -0700
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archive: specfile syntax change: "$Format:%PLCHLDR$" instead of just "%PLCHLDR" (take 2)
As suggested by Johannes, --pretty=format: placeholders in specfiles need to be wrapped in $Format:...$ now. This syntax change restricts the expansion of placeholders and makes it easier to use with files that contain non-placeholder percent signs. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@ several placeholders when adding this file to an archive. The
expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e. if
gitlink:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same
-as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of gitlink:git-log[1].
+as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of gitlink:git-log[1],
+except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
+in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
+commit hash.
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