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 a half (16-character width). Set blame_date_width as the display width of _("4 years, 11 months ago"), so that translators can make the choice. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/blame.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c index 35e95db..128fc64 100644 --- a/builtin/blame.c +++ b/builtin/blame.c @@ -2338,7 +2338,14 @@ parse_done: blame_date_width = sizeof("2006-10-19"); break; case DATE_RELATIVE: - /* "normal" is used as the fallback for "relative" */ + /* TRANSLATORS: This string is used to tell us the maximum + display width for a relative timestamp in "git blame" + output. For C locale, "4 years, 11 months ago", which + takes 22 places, is the longest among various forms of + relative timestamps, but your language may need more or + fewer display columns. */ + 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"); -- 1.9.2.476.gff10cf3.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