When show date in relative date format for `git blame`, the max display width of datetime is set as the length of the string "Thu Oct 19 16:00:04 2006 -0700" (30 characters long). But actually the max width for C locale is only 22 (the length of string "x years, xx months ago"). And for other locale, it maybe smaller. E.g. For Chinese locale, only needs 16-character width. Set blame_date_width as the display width of _("4 years, 11 months ago"), so that translators can make the choice. Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/blame.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c index 0a0a858..9350ea3 100644 --- a/builtin/blame.c +++ b/builtin/blame.c @@ -2340,7 +2340,15 @@ parse_done: blame_date_width = sizeof("2006-10-19"); break; case DATE_RELATIVE: - /* "normal" is used as the fallback for "relative" */ + /* TRANSLATORS: what we care about is not the content itself, + but the display width of this string. We use the width of + the string as the max width of the datetime in relative + format. For English and many other languages, "4 years, + 11 months ago" is the longest one among "89 seconds ago", + "89 minites ago", "35 hours ago", "13 days ago", "10 weeks + ago", "in the future" and many others. */ + blame_date_width = utf8_strwidth(_("4 years, 11 months ago")) + 1; /* add the null */ + break; case DATE_LOCAL: case DATE_NORMAL: blame_date_width = sizeof("Thu Oct 19 16:00:04 2006 -0700"); -- 2.0.0.rc0.3.g444188f.dirty -- 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