Customize format for last-commit badge

[chinesedfan]

:clipboard: Description

Can we add a query parameter, say f which will send to moment.format(f), to control the date format? Maybe not only last-commit badge, but also other date related badges.

My real use-case is a little special. There is a repository, Bogdanp/awesome-advent-of-code, which collects solutions for a programming puzzle activity. Because the activity is only hold in December every year. It's not easy to distinguish last-commit date among those solution repositories.

[paulmelnikow]

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion.

I think the default format of the last commit + relative date badges could be improved. I've used them a lot in my own projects and they don't seem nearly as useful as it could be.

I'd be happy to change the default to e.g. 3 weeks ago, 4 weeks ago, up to, say, 16 weeks ago, and then transitioning to 4 months ago, etc. I really like having good default, and think we're missing the mark on this one.

Another option that would give you total control is the Endpoint badge: #2473.

What do you think?

[chinesedfan]

@paulmelnikow Thanks for your link. I learned the new endpoint badge, as well as dynamic badge. They are really powerful and should be able to satisfy my requirement.

I am fine with the default format of last-commit badge. If you want to improve it with more precise names, that can be better. So close this issue or leave it to remind someone else is both OK.

[milahu]

relative date badges

should always be absolute date, to get a timeless view (archive friendly) the relative date can still be visualized as color (green - yellow - red)