Without this patch, the author column in git-blame-mode spills over in some rows: 822a7d <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:const char git_usage_ f2dd8c <jon.seymour@xxxxxxxxx>: "git [--version] [--exec- a1bea2 <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: " [-p|--paginat a1bea2 <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: " [--git-dir=<p 293b07 <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: " [-c name=valu 62b469 <stepan.nemec@xxxxxxxxx>: " <comm 822a7d <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: As a result, code meant to line up does not line up correctly and the colored code area has a jagged left edge. Specify a maximum width for the autohr email address in the default blame prefix (i.e., use %20.20A instead of %20A) to fix it. 822a7d <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.c:const char git_usage_strin f2dd8c <jon.seymour@xxxxxxxxx>: "git [--version] [--exec- The (format) function used to implement format-spec has supported precision specifiers like ".20" in emacs since 2002-12-09, so this should be safe. Helped-by: Kevin Ryde <user42@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- In February of 2011, I wrote: > - email addresses are often longer than 20 characters. Does > format-spec provide a way to truncate to a certain length, > so the prefixes can line up? Better late than never, I guess. Sensible? contrib/emacs/git-blame.el | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contrib/emacs/git-blame.el b/contrib/emacs/git-blame.el index d351cfb6..137d5ba9 100644 --- a/contrib/emacs/git-blame.el +++ b/contrib/emacs/git-blame.el @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ :group 'git-blame) (defcustom git-blame-prefix-format - "%h %20A:" + "%h %20.20A:" "The format of the prefix added to each line in `git-blame' mode. The format is passed to `format-spec' with the following format keys: -- 1.7.10 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html