From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:46:13 GMT
Subject: Re: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations)
Message-ID: <xmqqtszswbwq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20251021081422.GE259661@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Anyway, one more possible hack: you can set COLUMNS if you want to
> pretend you have a really big terminal. I.e., "export COLUMNS=200" would
> probably do what you want without any new Git feature.

;-)

Isn't that the exact purpose of that environment variable?  It feels
a bit unfair to the variable to call it a hack.