log --graph: extra space with --pretty=oneline

From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date: May 28, 2008, 11:24 UTC
Message-ID: <20080528112405.GA12065@mithlond.arda.local>

Sometimes "log --graph --pretty=oneline" prints a sort of broken graph line. In the git repository try this:

$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit -4 8366b7b

M   8366b7b... Merge branch 'maint'
|\  
| M   a2f5be5... Merge branch 'jk/maint-send-email-compose' into maint
| |\  
| M  \  93c7b9c... Merge branch 'hb/maint-send-email-quote-recipients' into maint
| |\  | 
| M  \ \  6abf189... Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint
| |\  | |
    ^

Extra spaces there. I don't mind that myself but to some users it may look like a bug. Maybe one would expect output like this:

M   8366b7b... Merge branch 'maint'
|\  
| M   a2f5be5... Merge branch 'jk/maint-send-email-compose' into maint
| |\  
| | \
| M  \  93c7b9c... Merge branch 'hb/maint-send-email-quote-recipients' into maint
| |\  \ 
| | \  \
| M  \  |  6abf189... Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint
| |\  | |

It requires more lines though.