From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:59:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure
Message-ID: <xmqqse47pfyy.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260821135410.429698-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>

K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently, `git repo structure` always renders its table output using plain
> ASCII characters (`|`, `-`, `*`), regardless of the user's locale. This
> series introduces Unicode box-drawing characters (`│`, `├`, `─`, `┼`, `┤`)
> and bullet points (`•`) when a UTF-8 locale is detected, providing a cleaner
> and more visually distinct hierarchical output on modern terminals while
> gracefully falling back to the existing ASCII formatting otherwise.

Generally speaking, Unicode box-drawing characters do not work as
ASCII art components as well as they should, because terminals often
do not agree on how wide they should be rendered.

So I am not very enthusiastic about this change.