On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > A commit log message sometimes tries to line things up using tabs, > assuming fixed-width font with the standard 8-place tab settings. > Viewing such a commit however does not work well in "git log", as > we indent the lines by prefixing 4 spaces in front of them. > [...] > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt > @@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ people using 80-column terminals. > +--expand-tabs:: > + Perform a tab expansion (replace each tab with enough number > + of spaces to fill to the next display column that is Nit: "enough spaces" or "a sufficient number of spaces". > + multiple of 8) in the log message before using the message > + to show in the output. -- 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