Adds defaultDateShortFormat setting

Changes fetch date to  respect date settings

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Adds `gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat` setting to specify how short absolute dates will be formatted by default
+
+### Changed
+
+- Changes the fetch date in the _Repositories_ view to respect the date style setting (`gitlens.defaultDateStyle`) and uses the new `gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat` setting for formatting
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixes [#605](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/605) — Show More Commits not working

README.md

@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ GitLens is highly customizable and provides many configuration settings to allow
 | Name                                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `gitlens.defaultDateFormat`          | Specifies how absolute dates will be formatted by default. See the [Moment.js docs](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/) for valid formats                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| `gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat`     | Specifies how short absolute dates will be formatted by default. See the [Moment.js docs](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/) for valid formats                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `gitlens.defaultDateStyle`           | Specifies how dates will be displayed by default                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `gitlens.defaultGravatarsStyle`      | Specifies the style of the gravatar default (fallback) images<br /><br />`identicon` - a geometric pattern<br />`mm` - a simple, cartoon-style silhouetted outline of a person (does not vary by email hash)<br />`monsterid` - a monster with different colors, faces, etc<br />`retro` - 8-bit arcade-style pixelated faces<br />`robohash` - a robot with different colors, faces, etc<br />`wavatar` - a face with differing features and backgrounds |
 | `gitlens.insiders`                   | Specifies whether to enable experimental features                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

package.json

@@ -419,6 +419,12 @@
                     "markdownDescription": "Specifies how absolute dates will be formatted by default. See the [Moment.js docs](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/) for valid formats",
                     "scope": "window"
                 },
+                "gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": null,
+                    "markdownDescription": "Specifies how short absolute dates will be formatted by default. See the [Moment.js docs](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/) for valid formats",
+                    "scope": "window"
+                },
                 "gitlens.defaultDateStyle": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "default": "relative",

src/ui/config.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export interface Config {
     codeLens: CodeLensConfig;
     debug: boolean;
     defaultDateFormat: string | null;
+    defaultDateShortFormat: string | null;
     defaultDateStyle: DateStyle;
     defaultGravatarsStyle: GravatarDefaultStyle;
     heatmap: {
@@ -367,7 +368,6 @@ export interface ViewsConfig {
     commitDescriptionFormat: string;
     commitFormat: string;
     compare: CompareViewConfig;
-    // dateFormat: string | null;
     defaultItemLimit: number;
     lineHistory: LineHistoryViewConfig;
     repositories: RepositoriesViewConfig;

src/ui/settings/index.html

@@ -107,6 +107,23 @@
                                             <i class="icon icon__info"></i>
                                         </a>
                                     </div>
+                                    <div class="settings-group__setting nowrap">
+                                        <label for="defaultDateShortFormat">Absolute&nbsp;short&nbsp;date&nbsp;format</label>
+                                        <input
+                                            class="setting"
+                                            id="defaultDateShortFormat"
+                                            name="defaultDateShortFormat"
+                                            type="text"
+                                            placeholder="MMM D, YYYY"
+                                        />
+                                        <a
+                                            class="link__learn-more"
+                                            title="See Moment.js docs for valid date formats"
+                                            href="https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/"
+                                        >
+                                            <i class="icon icon__info"></i>
+                                        </a>
+                                    </div>
                                 </div>
 
                                 <h3 class="settings-group__header">Keyboard Shortcuts</h3>

src/views/nodes/repositoryNode.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
     RepositoryFileSystemChangeEvent
 } from '../../git/gitService';
 import { Dates, debug, Functions, gate, log, Strings } from '../../system';
+import { DateStyle } from '../../ui/config';
 import { RepositoriesView } from '../repositoriesView';
 import { BranchesNode } from './branchesNode';
 import { BranchNode } from './branchNode';
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode {
 
         const lastFetchedTooltip = this.formatLastFetched({
             prefix: `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dash, 2, 2)}Last fetched on `,
-            format: 'dddd MMMM Do, YYYY h:mm a'
+            format: Container.config.defaultDateFormat || 'dddd MMMM Do, YYYY h:mm a'
         });
 
         let description;
@@ -200,14 +201,14 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode {
     protected async subscribe() {
         const disposables = [this.repo.onDidChange(this.onRepoChanged, this)];
 
+        if (Container.config.defaultDateStyle === DateStyle.Relative) {
+            disposables.push(Functions.interval(() => void this.updateLastFetched(), 60000));
+        }
+
         if (this.includeWorkingTree) {
-            disposables.push(
-                this.repo.onDidChangeFileSystem(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
-                {
-                    dispose: () => this.repo.stopWatchingFileSystem()
-                },
-                Functions.interval(() => void this.updateLastFetched(), 60000)
-            );
+            disposables.push(this.repo.onDidChangeFileSystem(this.onFileSystemChanged, this), {
+                dispose: () => this.repo.stopWatchingFileSystem()
+            });
 
             this.repo.startWatchingFileSystem();
         }
@@ -279,12 +280,15 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode {
     private formatLastFetched(options: { prefix?: string; format?: string } = {}) {
         if (this._lastFetched === 0) return '';
 
-        if (options.format === undefined && Date.now() - this._lastFetched < Dates.MillisecondsPerDay) {
-            return `${options.prefix || ''}${Dates.toFormatter(new Date(this._lastFetched)).fromNow()}`;
+        if (options.format === undefined && Container.config.defaultDateStyle === DateStyle.Relative) {
+            // If less than a day has passed show a relative date
+            if (Date.now() - this._lastFetched < Dates.MillisecondsPerDay) {
+                return `${options.prefix || ''}${Dates.toFormatter(new Date(this._lastFetched)).fromNow()}`;
+            }
         }
 
         return `${options.prefix || ''}${Dates.toFormatter(new Date(this._lastFetched)).format(
-            options.format || 'MMM DD, YYYY'
+            options.format || Container.config.defaultDateShortFormat || 'MMM D, YYYY'
         )}`;
     }