git dates: support some natural language formats

dimofte · Mar 12, 2020 · a6d6044 · a6d6044
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diff --git a/src/bin.js b/src/bin.js
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ const welcome = () => {
   \\/_____________/\\/_/    \\_\\/    
 
 If you don't see formatted output, try to increase width of the terminal to have more space.
+
+Some degree of natural language is supported in date formatting, e.g. 
+ - "This Friday at 13:15"
+ - "5 days ago"
+ - "2 weeks from now" 
 `);
 };
 

diff --git a/src/git.js b/src/git.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import moment from 'moment';
+import chrono from 'chrono-node';
 import throwError from './errors/throwError';
 import gitLogConverter from './gitLogConverter';
 import execute from './execute';
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export const getCommits = async (path, { count, hash }) => {
 };
 
 export const formatGitDate = (date) => {
-  const momentDate = moment(date);
+  const momentDate = moment(chrono.parseDate(date));
   if (!momentDate.isValid()) {
     throwError(new Error("DATE_INVALID"));
   }