From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 23:04:56 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] parse-options: simplify usage_padding() Message-ID: In-Reply-To: René Scharfe writes: > c512643e67 (short help: allow a gap smaller than USAGE_GAP, 2023-07-18) > effectively did away with the two-space gap between options and their > description; one space is enough now. My intention was "we strongly prefer two or more, but on a rare occasion where the leading strong is long and can afford to give us only one, we take it instead of breaking the line", but stepping back and thinking about it again, you are absolutely right. I just shrunk the minimum gap from 2 to 1.