Log Formats =========== A log format controls how information about each revision is displayed. The standard log formats are compared below:: Feature long short line ---------------------- ------------- ------------ ------------------- design goal detailed view concise view 1 revision per line committer name+email name only name only author name+email - - date-time format full date only date only commit message full full top line tags yes yes yes merges indicator - yes - status/delta optional optional - diff/patch optional optional - revision-id optional optional - branch nick yes - - foreign vcs properties yes yes - preferred levels all 1 1 digital signature optional - - The default format is ``long``. To change this, define the ``log_format`` setting in the ``[DEFAULT]`` section of ``bazaar.conf`` like this (say):: [DEFAULT] log_format = short Alternatively, to change the log format used for a given query, use the --long, --short or --line options. If one of the standard log formats does not meet your needs, additional formats can be provided by plugins.
