Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] pretty: expand tabs in indented logs to make things line up properly
From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:09:06
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] pretty: expand tabs in indented logs to make things line up properly · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> A commit log message sometimes tries to line things up using tabs, assuming fixed-width font with the standard 8-place tab settings. Viewing such a commit however does not work well in "git log", as we indent the lines by prefixing 4 spaces in front of them. [...] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted> ---diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ people using 80-column terminals. +--expand-tabs:: + Perform a tab expansion (replace each tab with enough number + of spaces to fill to the next display column that is
Nit: "enough spaces" or "a sufficient number of spaces".
+ multiple of 8) in the log message before using the message + to show in the output.