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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2016, 18:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmvpn91o2.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <56F391A4.6090603@web.de>

Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:

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> Would it make sense to have
> git log --tab-size=8
> (or similar)
>
> and add a config variable like
> git config ui.logtabsize
> which is 0 by default to get the old handling and 8 for the new one ?

That may be a good approach (I agree with you that --tab-size is not the best name). Want to try it as a replacement?

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