Import git log into a spreadsheet
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I'm trying to import a git log into a spreadsheet. I used a simple
- --pretty=format: switch to select the fields I wanted and separate them with commas to generate a CSV file that can be imported. The message body, however, is presenting a problem. The first problem is that it contains newlines itself, which normally signal the start of a new record. It turns out that even when quoting the field, MS Excel still fails to import it properly ( good grief MS ), but openoffice calc does. The second problem is that the body itself may contain quotes.
I can't figure out a good way to deal with these quotes. It seems that replacing them with a pair of quotes should make the CSV valid, but how can I replace only those quotes internal to the field without replacing the quotes that actually bracket it? Is it possible to have git log use a NULL terminator between records instead of a new line? Or is there a better way of going about this?
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Quoted 9 lines · Phillip Susi
I'm trying to import a git log into a spreadsheet. I used a simple --pretty=format: switch to select the fields I wanted and separate them with commas to generate a CSV file that can be imported. The message body, however, is presenting a problem. The first problem is that it contains newlines itself, which normally signal the start of a new record. It turns out that even when quoting the field, MS Excel still fails to import it properly ( good grief MS ), but openoffice calc does. The second problem is that the body itself may contain quotes.
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I can't figure out a good way to deal with these quotes. It seems that replacing them with a pair of quotes should make the CSV valid, but how can I replace only those quotes internal to the field without replacing the quotes that actually bracket it? Is it possible to have git log use a NULL terminator between records instead of a new line? Or is there a better way of going about this?
I think --pretty=format: (or --format) gives you a way to specify the literal NUL. Also perhaps look at the -z option?