# [BUG] "git log" command wraps lines not correctly while terminal width changed 3 messages from 2022-07-29 to 2022-07-29. Participants: Sergey Grunenko, Jeff King, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/58242 ## Sergey Grunenko, 2022-07-29 14:35 Subject: [BUG] "git log" command wraps lines not correctly while terminal width changed Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAFRNrRYs5tkTq_Dz3qX%2BjZ_PJLdUwT4NgabavYeHsGOEtMTq5w%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, developers. I met some small bug in console report of "git log" command Short description: git log --graph command wraps lines incorrectly while I change the width of terminal. It remember the initial width of terminal and wraps lines according to the initial width. How to reproduce: 1. Open terminal 2. go to existing repository with some branches 3. Change terminal width to 50 characters (or less, to be sure, that first line wraps) 4. process command "git log --graph" and be sure, that a few lines is wrapping 5. Increase terminal width until line breaks stop 6. Lines wrapping is changing and is correct 7. Click buttons or rotate mouse scroll to scroll text two screens next and back Incorrect behavior: 8. You'll see that the wrapping behavior is like terminal width didn't changed. 9. But if you touch the terminal width again, wrapping will be correct Awaited behavior: 8a. Lines wrapping is like terminal has changed value ------------------------------------ mailto: grunenko.serg@gmail.com ------------------------------------ Kind regards, Sergey Grunenko ``` ## Jeff King, 2022-07-29 20:41 Subject: Re: [BUG] "git log" command wraps lines not correctly while terminal width changed Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/YuRF7rSskqT2YkMs%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 06:35:20PM +0400, Sergey Grunenko wrote: > Hi, developers. I met some small bug in console report of "git log" command I don't think this is a bug in git, because git isn't actually doing any wrapping. > How to reproduce: > 1. Open terminal > 2. go to existing repository with some branches > 3. Change terminal width to 50 characters (or less, to be sure, that > first line wraps) > 4. process command "git log --graph" and be sure, that a few lines is wrapping In your example here, any line breaking is not done by "git log", but either by the pager ("less", by default) or by the terminal. > 5. Increase terminal width until line breaks stop > 6. Lines wrapping is changing and is correct OK, so it sounds like you're probably seeing "less" get told by the terminal that the window size has changed, and it adapts. > 7. Click buttons or rotate mouse scroll to scroll text two > screens next and back > Incorrect behavior: > 8. You'll see that the wrapping behavior is like terminal width didn't changed. > 9. But if you touch the terminal width again, wrapping will be correct > Awaited behavior: > 8a. Lines wrapping is like terminal has changed value The mouse scroll wheel is presumably telling the terminal to move through its back-scroll. How it handles re-rendering of content that's only in the back-scroll is up to it, and totally outside the control of either git or the pager. It behaves as your 8a for me, using urxvt on Linux. You probably need to file a report with the provider of your terminal emulator. -Peff ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2022-07-29 21:12 Subject: Re: [BUG] "git log" command wraps lines not correctly while terminal width changed Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqq4jyz62u0.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: ``` Jeff King writes: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 06:35:20PM +0400, Sergey Grunenko wrote: > >> Hi, developers. I met some small bug in console report of "git log" command > > I don't think this is a bug in git, because git isn't actually doing any > wrapping. We do measure the terminal width when we start and adjust the length of --stat and other things, but it does not affect the overall correctness of what you said. We just draw once, and never go back to redraw with updated width in response to SIGWINCH. After we emit our output, it is up to the pager and the terminal. > OK, so it sounds like you're probably seeing "less" get told by the > terminal that the window size has changed, and it adapts. > ... > The mouse scroll wheel is presumably telling the terminal to move > through its back-scroll. How it handles re-rendering of content that's > only in the back-scroll is up to it, and totally outside the control of > either git or the pager. It behaves as your 8a for me, using urxvt on > Linux. You probably need to file a report with the provider of your > terminal emulator. ```