diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 0b4c1c8d98a..0bd339db333 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -146,14 +146,15 @@ The placeholders are:
 '%m':: left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark
 '%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])':: switch line wrapping, like the -w option of
 			    linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
-'%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
+'%<(<N>[,trunc|ltrunc|mtrunc|Trunc|Ltrunc])':: make the next placeholder take at
 				  least N columns, padding spaces on
 				  the right if necessary.  Optionally
-				  truncate at the beginning (ltrunc),
-				  the middle (mtrunc) or the end
-				  (trunc) if the output is longer than
-				  N columns.  Note that truncating
+				  truncate (with ellipsis '..') at the beginning (ltrunc) `..ft`,
+				  the middle (mtrunc) `mi..le` or the end
+				  (trunc) `rig..` if the output is longer than
+				  N columns.  Note that truncating with ellipsis
 				  only works correctly with N >= 2.
+				  Use (Trunc|Ltrunc) for hard truncation without ellipsis.
 '%<|(<N>)':: make the next placeholder take at least until Nth
 	     columns, padding spaces on the right if necessary
 '%>(<N>)', '%>|(<N>)':: similar to '%<(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)' respectively,
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 6cb363ae1c9..1e873d3f41a 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -857,7 +857,9 @@ enum trunc_type {
 	trunc_none,
 	trunc_left,
 	trunc_middle,
-	trunc_right
+	trunc_right,
+	trunc_left_hard,
+	trunc_right_hard
 };
 
 struct format_commit_context {
@@ -1145,6 +1147,10 @@ static size_t parse_padding_placeholder(const char *placeholder,
 				c->truncate = trunc_left;
 			else if (starts_with(start, "mtrunc)"))
 				c->truncate = trunc_middle;
+			else if (starts_with(start, "Ltrunc)"))
+				c->truncate = trunc_left_hard;
+			else if (starts_with(start, "Trunc)"))
+				c->truncate = trunc_right_hard;
 			else
 				return 0;
 		} else
@@ -1743,6 +1749,16 @@ static size_t format_and_pad_commit(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 					    padding - 2, len - (padding - 2),
 					    "..");
 			break;
+		case trunc_left_hard:
+			strbuf_utf8_replace(&local_sb,
+					    0, len - padding,
+					    NULL);
+			break;
+		case trunc_right_hard:
+			strbuf_utf8_replace(&local_sb,
+					    padding, len - padding,
+					    NULL);
+			break;
 		case trunc_none:
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
index e448ef2928a..55dca307983 100755
--- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
@@ -261,6 +261,17 @@ test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with trunc' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with Trunc' '
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,Trunc)%s" >actual &&
+	qz_to_tab_space <<-\EOF >expected &&
+	message tw
+	message on
+	add bar  Z
+	initial. a
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with trunc. i18n.logOutputEncoding' '
 	git -c i18n.logOutputEncoding=$test_encoding log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,trunc)%s" >actual &&
 	qz_to_tab_space <<-\EOF | iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding >expected &&
@@ -272,6 +283,17 @@ test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with trunc. i18n.logOutputEncodin
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with Trunc. i18n.logOutputEncoding' '
+	git -c i18n.logOutputEncoding=$test_encoding log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,Trunc)%s" >actual &&
+	qz_to_tab_space <<-\EOF | iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding >expected &&
+	message tw
+	message on
+	add bar  Z
+	initial. a
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with ltrunc' '
 	git log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,ltrunc)%s" >actual &&
 	qz_to_tab_space <<-EOF >expected &&
@@ -283,6 +305,18 @@ test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with ltrunc' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with Ltrunc' '
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,Ltrunc)%s" >actual &&
+	qz_to_tab_space <<-EOF >expected &&
+	essage two
+	essage one
+	add bar  Z
+	an${sample_utf8_part}lich
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
 test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with ltrunc. i18n.logOutputEncoding' '
 	git -c i18n.logOutputEncoding=$test_encoding log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,ltrunc)%s" >actual &&
 	qz_to_tab_space <<-EOF | iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding >expected &&
@@ -294,6 +328,16 @@ test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with ltrunc. i18n.logOutputEncodi
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with Ltrunc. i18n.logOutputEncoding' '
+	git -c i18n.logOutputEncoding=$test_encoding log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,Ltrunc)%s" >actual &&
+	qz_to_tab_space <<-EOF | iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding >expected &&
+	essage two
+	essage one
+	add bar  Z
+	an${sample_utf8_part}lich
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
 test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with mtrunc' '
 	git log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,mtrunc)%s" >actual &&
 	qz_to_tab_space <<-\EOF >expected &&
@@ -507,6 +551,19 @@ test_expect_success 'left/right alignment formatting with stealing' '
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
+
+test_expect_success 'left/right hard alignment formatting with stealing' '
+	git commit --amend -m short --author "long long long <long@me.com>" &&
+	git log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,Trunc)%s%>>(10,Ltrunc)% an" >actual &&
+	cat <<-\EOF >expected &&
+	short long  long long
+	message on   A U Thor
+	add bar      A U Thor
+	initial. a   A U Thor
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'left/right alignment formatting with stealing. i18n.logOutputEncoding' '
 	git -c i18n.logOutputEncoding=$test_encoding log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,trunc)%s%>>(10,ltrunc)% an" >actual &&
 	cat <<-\EOF | iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding >expected &&
@@ -517,6 +574,16 @@ test_expect_success 'left/right alignment formatting with stealing. i18n.logOutp
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
+test_expect_success 'left/right alignment formatting with stealing. i18n.logOutputEncoding' '
+	git -c i18n.logOutputEncoding=$test_encoding log --pretty="tformat:%<(10,Trunc)%s%>>(10,Ltrunc)% an" >actual &&
+	cat <<-\EOF | iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding >expected &&
+	short long  long long
+	message on   A U Thor
+	add bar      A U Thor
+	initial. a   A U Thor
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
 
 test_expect_success 'strbuf_utf8_replace() not producing NUL' '
 	git log --color --pretty="tformat:%<(10,trunc)%s%>>(10,ltrunc)%C(auto)%d" |
diff --git a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
index 41d0ca00b1c..c44935b0ab4 100755
--- a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
+++ b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ commit $head1
 added (hinzugef${added_utf8_part}gt..
 EOF
 
+test_format subject-truncated "%<($truncate_count,Trunc)%s" qz_to_tab_space <<EOF
+commit $head2
+changed (ge${changed_utf8_part}ndert) f
+commit $head1
+added (hinzugef${added_utf8_part}gt)Z
+EOF
+
 test_format body %b <<EOF
 commit $head2
 commit $head1
@@ -400,6 +407,15 @@ commit $head1
 added (hinzugef${added_utf8_part_iso88591}gt..
 EOF
 
+test_format complex-subject-Trunc "%<($truncate_count,Trunc)%s" qz_to_tab_space <<EOF
+commit $head3
+Test printing of com
+commit $head2
+changed (ge${changed_utf8_part_iso88591}ndert) f
+commit $head1
+added (hinzugef${added_utf8_part_iso88591}gt)Z
+EOF
+
 test_format complex-subject-mtrunc "%<($truncate_count,mtrunc)%s" <<EOF
 commit $head3
 Test prin..ex bodies
@@ -418,6 +434,14 @@ commit $head1
 .. (hinzugef${added_utf8_part_iso88591}gt) foo
 EOF
 
+test_format complex-subject-Ltrunc "%<($truncate_count,Ltrunc)%s" <<EOF
+commit $head3
+ng of complex bodies
+commit $head2
+anged (ge${changed_utf8_part_iso88591}ndert) foo
+commit $head1
+ed (hinzugef${added_utf8_part_iso88591}gt) foo
+EOF
 test_expect_success 'setup expected messages (for test %b)' '
 	cat <<-EOF >expected.utf-8 &&
 	commit $head3
@@ -455,6 +479,15 @@ commit $head1
 added (hinzugef${added_utf8_part}gt..
 EOF
 
+test_format complex-subject-commitencoding-unset-Trunc "%<($truncate_count,Trunc)%s" qz_to_tab_space <<EOF
+commit $head3
+Test printing of com
+commit $head2
+changed (ge${changed_utf8_part}ndert) f
+commit $head1
+added (hinzugef${added_utf8_part}gt)Z
+EOF
+
 test_format complex-subject-commitencoding-unset-mtrunc "%<($truncate_count,mtrunc)%s" <<EOF
 commit $head3
 Test prin..ex bodies
@@ -473,6 +506,15 @@ commit $head1
 .. (hinzugef${added_utf8_part}gt) foo
 EOF
 
+test_format complex-subject-commitencoding-unset-Ltrunc "%<($truncate_count,Ltrunc)%s" <<EOF
+commit $head3
+ng of complex bodies
+commit $head2
+anged (ge${changed_utf8_part}ndert) foo
+commit $head1
+ed (hinzugef${added_utf8_part}gt) foo
+EOF
+
 test_format complex-body-commitencoding-unset %b <expected.utf-8
 
 test_expect_success '%x00 shows NUL' '
