git log with line break when exported to text file

Question

How do I add a line break for my custom git log?

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s" > log.log

I want a line break after %s

Answer 1

You can use %n as a new line:

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s%n" > log.log

Answer 2

The quotes will save you - just put the close quote on the next line, like:

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s
" >log.log

and it should work.

Alternately, under the PRETTY FORMATS heading of git log --help it lists:

       ·   %m: left, right or boundary mark

       ·   %n: newline

       ·   %%: a raw %

Though apparently a 'newline' is a unix newline so on windows you'll want to use the direct hex codes like:

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s%x10%x13" >log.log

Answer 3

The reason is that git uses LF as a separator while notepad and most windows application uses CRLF. The following script enabled me to produce a file with all changes.

del files.txt >nul 2>nul
git show --pretty="format:" --name-only HEAD > changes.txt
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('type "changes.txt"') do echo %%A >> files.txt

Answer 4

For those making Windows batch files with git remember to convert single % to double %%. Also add hex for Carriage Return and Line feed

for example

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s%x0D%x0A" >log.log

converted for window batch file

git log --pretty=tformat:"%%ai %%s%x0D%x0A" >log.log

Answer 5

Pjz's answer is not quite right for Windows, but with a little playing around I got it to work. The 10 and 13 characters needed to be reversed, and they needed to be in proper hex format:

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s%x0D%x0A" >log.log

Answer 6

The other answers for Windows result in extra 0x0A characters in the file. Git already appends 0x0A to each log entry, so you just need to add the missing 0x0D:

git log --pretty=tformat:"%ai %s%x0D" >log.log

Or inside a batch file:

git log --pretty=tformat:"%%ai %%s%%x0D" >log.log

Answer 7

I was in a similar situation just now, I wanted to add a line break because cat -e would mess with the formatting when running the command in a bash script. I had tried the suggestions in this page and others more, but what really solved my problem was just removing format:. Typing only git log --pretty="%H" adds a normal line break after the last result.