Re: [PATCH] help: align the longest command in the command listing
- From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Feb 1, 2019, 07:42 UTC
- Message-ID
- <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1902010842010.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
- In-Reply-To
- <20190131092349.11469-1-pclouds@gmail.com>
Hi Duy,
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
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> "longest" is used to determine how many extra spaces we need to print
> to keep the command description aligned. For the longest command, we
> should print no extra space instead of one, or we'll get unaligned
> output like this (notice the "checkout" line):
>
> grow, mark and tweak your common history
> branch List, create, or delete branches
> checkout Switch branches or restore working tree files
> commit Record changes to the repository
> diff Show changes between commits, commit and ...
> merge Join two or more development histories together
> rebase Reapply commits on top of another base tip
> tag Create, list, delete or verify a tag ...
>
> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
> ---
> help.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index ff05fd22df..520c9080e8 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ static void print_command_list(const struct cmdname_help *cmds,
> if (cmds[i].category & mask) {
> size_t len = strlen(cmds[i].name);
> printf(" %s ", cmds[i].name);
> - mput_char(' ', longest > len ? longest - len : 1);
> + if (longest > len)
> + mput_char(' ', longest - len);Why not simply replace the `1` by `0`?
Ciao, Dscho
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> puts(_(cmds[i].help)); > } > } > -- > 2.20.1.682.gd5861c6d90 > >