Re: [PATCH 00/12] Support columinized output in tag/branch/ls-files/grep

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Also I think it should not be able to change
the behaviour of these commands so much without being explicitly asked
from the command line, especially for plumbing commands like ls-files.
IOW, introduction of the configuration variable without thinking things
through is a bad idea.

Hmm.. ls-files does not take core.columns into account. Command line
parameter --columns is the only way to turn column layout on in
ls-files.
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Duy