From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:20:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 00/14] port tag.c to use ref-filter APIs
Message-ID: <xmqqd1xs93iu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqfv2qqq7y.fsf@scolette.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

>>> This line still looks overlong.  Would it help to stop spelling this
>>> as a double "a = b = overlong expression" assignment?
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure, I get what you mean.
>
> I guess
>
> format = xstrfmt("%%(align:15,left)%%(refname:short)%%(end) %%(contents:lines=%d)",
>                  filter->lines);
> to_free = format;
>
> (still 83 columns + indentation, but that's a bit shorter than your
> version).

Sure.  This may also be possible

	xstrfmt("%s %%(contents:lines=%d)",
                "%(align:15,left)%(refname:short)%(end)", filter->lines);

and highlights that the only thing that is variable is the number
of lines, which might be better.