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Re: [PATCH] gitk: Display commit messages with word wrap

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 14, 2006, 23:30 UTC
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Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> writes:
> Some people put very long strings into commit messages, which then
> become invisible in gitk (word wrapping in the commit details window is
> turned off, and there is no horizontal scroll bar).  Enabling word wrap
> for just the commit message looks much better.

I do not mind it myself but IIRC gitk's "no wrapping" was made because people found wrapping annoying; maybe a runtime configuration option?

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  1. gitk: Display commit messages with word wrapSergey Vlasov, May 14, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2006
  3. Sergey VlasovMay 15, 2006
  4. Paul MackerrasMay 14, 2006
  5. Sergey VlasovMay 15, 2006
  6. gitk: Display commit messages with word wrap (try 2)Sergey Vlasov, May 15, 2006

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