doc: pretty-formats document negative column alignments
Commit 066790d7cb0 (pretty.c: support <direction>|(<negative number>) forms, 2016-06-16) added the option for right justified column alignment without updating the documentation. Add an explanation of its use of negative column values. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ The placeholders are:
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Note 2: spaces around the N and M (see below)
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values are optional.
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'%<|( <M> )':: make the next placeholder take at least until Mth
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- display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary
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+ display column, padding spaces on the right if necessary.
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+ Use negative M values for column positions measured
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+ from the right hand edge of the terminal window.
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'%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )':: similar to '%<( <N> )', '%<|( <M> )' respectively,
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but padding spaces on the left
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'%>>( <N> )', '%>>|( <M> )':: similar to '%>( <N> )', '%>|( <M> )'