Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] Expanding tabs in "git log" output

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2016, 15:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqd1qjc2g2.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <56F391A4.6090603@web.de>

Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:

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>>  [5/5] adds a new option --no-expand-tabs that controls the bit 4/5
>>        introduces, so that "git log [--pretty] --no-expand-tabs"
>>        would show the log message indented by 4 spaces, without tab
>>        expansion.
>
> Does this introduce an unnecessary regression out of the sudden ?

As I see this as a pure UI-level improvement done to a few of our Porcelain program, I would say there is no regression here.

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