# No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations) 5 messages from 2025-10-19 to 2025-10-22. Participants: Дилян Палаузов, Ben Knoble, Jeff King, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64353 ## Дилян Палаузов, 2025-10-19 18:46 Subject: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a6ce209d120ca6acf0f5dd04521cb96ac1337a54.camel%40aegee.org ``` Hello, After `git diff --stat` determines the available width, it uses correctly all available space for the file paths and names: ˋˋˋ $ git show --stat --oneline 0fb93104ba (HEAD -> java223/main) SourceGenerator: avoid delayed actions after the bundle is deactivated .../main/java/org/openhab/automation/java223/internal/Java223ScriptEngineFactory.java | 1 + .../java/org/openhab/automation/java223/internal/codegeneration/SourceGenerator.java | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) ˋˋˋ https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff#Documentation/git-diff.txt---statwidthname-widthcount describes that after --stat can be entered up to three numbers, two of which can be set by a config option. The same options apply also for show --stat : https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show#Documentation/git-show.txt---statwidthname-widthcount . I set in /etc/gitconfig: [diff] statGraphWidth = 200 statNameWidth = 200 which is effectively the same as calling: ˋˋˋ $ git show --stat-graph-width=200 --stat-graph-width=200 --oneline 0fb93104ba (HEAD -> java223/main) SourceGenerator: avoid delayed actions after the bundle is deactivated .../main/java/org/openhab/automation/java223/internal/Java223ScriptEngineFactory.java | 1 + .../java/org/openhab/automation/java223/internal/codegeneration/SourceGenerator.java | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) ˋˋˋ There is no difference. diff.statGraphWidth / diff.statNameWidth / --stat-graph-width= / --stat-graph-width=200 set some number of columns within the available space. But I want to change the size of the available space to defaut to 200 (or to infinity). The reason is that I can then copy the file path (e.g. with the mouse) from the git --stat output and open it immediately with less or emacs. * Please either alter the option `diff.statGraphWidth` to enlarge the available space (broader than the terminal width), or add an option to `git config` to set the available space for `--stat`. This option should eventually allow always to print the full path and filenames. Greetings Дилян --- git 2.51.0 ``` ## Ben Knoble, 2025-10-20 00:59 Subject: Re: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations) Message-ID: <01CB27C0-3378-4455-9779-33D8192BD4B1@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/01CB27C0-3378-4455-9779-33D8192BD4B1%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` > Le 19 oct. 2025 à 14:50, Дилян Палаузов a écrit : [snip] > The reason is that I can then copy the file path (e.g. with the mouse) from the git --stat output and open it immediately with less or emacs. You might be interested in git-jump in the contrib area. ``` ## Jeff King, 2025-10-21 08:14 Subject: Re: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations) Message-ID: <20251021081422.GE259661@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20251021081422.GE259661%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 09:46:10PM +0300, Дилян Палаузов wrote: > * Please either alter the option `diff.statGraphWidth` to enlarge the > available space (broader than the terminal width), or add an option to > `git config` to set the available space for `--stat`. This option > should eventually allow always to print the full path and filenames. It does seem funny that we have config options for 2 out of 3 of the numbers you can specify via --stat. So adding diff.statTotalWidth or something would make sense to me. I'd guess nobody has asked for it yet because it defaults to the terminal width, so a static config option risks overflowing your terminal if it's too high. On the other hand, if we are going to show it in a pager anyway, they usually support horizontal scrolling. And I guess it's all a matter of preference. 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. -Peff ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2025-10-21 14:46 Subject: Re: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqtszswbwq.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: <20251021081422.GE259661@coredump.intra.peff.net> ``` Jeff King 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. ``` ## Jeff King, 2025-10-22 09:15 Subject: Re: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations) Message-ID: <20251022091538.GD853931@coredump.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20251022091538.GD853931%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 07:46:13AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeff King 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. Yes, though I think OP wanted something that would work for every invocation of git, without having to pass it explicitly (otherwise they could just use "--stat=200"). Setting COLUMNS=200 sounds like a risky proposition if you run other programs besides Git. -Peff ```