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Re: [PATCH 0/8 v6] diff --stat: use the full terminal width

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 20, 2012, 23:41 UTC
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> writes:
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> JC:
>> Perhaps the maximum for garph_width should be raised to something like
>> "min(80, stat_width) - name_width"?
> I think that a graph like
> a | 1000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> b |    1 -
> is not very readable. I like the consistency forced by the 40-column limit.
> But I guess that this is very subjective.

The above makes it very obvious that there is a huge amount of change made to 'a' and a bit of deletion to 'b', compared to a mini-graph that is truncated to half the screen width.

Besides, the above is what you would get without your patch on 80-column terminal, no?

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Message 10 of 35 in “diff --stat: use the full terminal width”
  1. 0/8 diff --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  2. 1/8 make lineno_width() from blame reusable for othersZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  3. 2/8 diff --stat: tests for long filenames and big change countsZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  4. 3/8 diff --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  5. 4/8 show --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  6. 5/8 log --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  7. 6/8 merge --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  8. 7/8 diff --stat: limit graph part to 40 columnsZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  9. 8/8 diff --stat: use less columns for change countsZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 20, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2012
  11. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekFeb 21, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2012
  13. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekFeb 21, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2012
  15. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekFeb 22, 2012
  16. 1/8 diff --stat: use a maximum of 5/8 for the filename partZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 22, 2012
  17. 2/8 diff --stat: add a test for output with COLUMNS=40Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 22, 2012
  18. 3/8 diff --stat: limit graph part to 40 columnsZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 22, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2012
  20. 0/11 diff --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  21. 01/11 make lineno_width() from blame reusable for othersZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  22. 02/11 diff --stat: tests for long filenames and big change countsZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  23. 03/11 diff --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  24. 04/11 show --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  25. 05/11 log --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  26. 06/11 merge --stat: use the full terminal widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  27. 07/11 diff --stat: use a maximum of 5/8 for the filename partZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  28. 08/11 diff --stat: add a test for output with COLUMNS=40Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  29. 09/11 diff --stat: enable limiting of the graph partZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  30. 10/11 diff --stat: add config option to limit graph widthZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  31. 11/11 diff --stat: use less columns for change countsZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Feb 24, 2012
  32. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 21, 2012
  33. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekFeb 21, 2012
  34. Miles BaderFeb 23, 2012
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2012

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